Season 8 episodes
Episode guide and season cast
The Drop Zone
Chilko Lake
British Columbia, Canada
Turquoise glacial lake in the Coast Mountains — postcard scenery, unforgiving cold, and grizzly country.
- Biome
- Interior BC / subalpine boreal
- Elevation
- ~1,175 m
- Winter lows
- -25 to -35 °C
- Key food
- Sockeye, lake trout, hare
Season 8 gear lists
Every contestant's picks, filterable — plus cross-season reference hubs.
Contestants
We haven't published contestant profiles for this season yet.
Where Season 8 was filmed
The filming area — terrain, climate, wildlife, and what makes this drop uniquely brutal.
Winners' gear analysis
See which items every Alone winner brought — patterns across seasons 1–12.
Wildlife on the ground
Species encountered on Alone Season 8
Featured research
Alone Winners' Gear Analysis
Every 10-item loadout from Seasons 1–12, side by side. See the single item every champion packed, and the format-driven exceptions.
The gear behind what you just read
Ranked lists for the exact categories that decide a season.
- Best Fixed-Blade KnivesFull-tang and stick-tang blades that earn their place around a working camp.See the ranking
- Top 10 Bushcraft & Camping AxesFrom belt hatchets to full felling axes — the working range for camp and shelter craft.See the ranking
- Top 10 Tents & Tarps for CampingShelters from bombproof mountain tents to traditional canvas wall tents.See the ranking
- Top 10 Three-Season Sleeping BagsDown and synthetic bags that cover the honest 20°F–40°F working range.See the ranking
- Top 10 Traditional BowsLongbows, recurves, and selfbows built for hunting, roving, and honest stump-shooting.See the ranking
- Top 10 Arrow BuildsWorking arrow recipes — shaft, point, fletch, and nock — for traditional and modern setups.See the ranking