SOS: How to Survive - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

Lost in the Mountains

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2017

A young couple go off a trail for a photo and can't find their way back, and their 3-day attempt to hike down extreme mountainous terrain leads them into a dead-end canyon.

Trapped in a Blizzard

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2017

The Kim family takes a wrong turn and gets stuck in the snow on a logging road; with two infant children and no real knowledge about mountains and frigid temperatures the family's situation turns desperate.

Storm Surge

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2017

A record storm surge created a river that surrounds the Yorks' house; Superstorm Sandy tosses Kim Joyce and her cats into its churning waters; a wind-whipped storm surge from Hurricane Ike hammers the home of Carole Hamadey.

Desert Heat

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2017

Rick McFarland and Cathy Frye take off for a one-day hike in the Texas desert, lose their way and become desperately dehydrated; when Cathy is overcome and can no longer move, Rick becomes their only hope of getting out alive.

Deadly Cold

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2017

Rulon Gardner gets soaked when his snowmobile is stuck in a river, and, with temperatures plunging to 25 below zero, he faces death; Mike Vilhauer ventures into the woods, but loses his way back, and spends days trekking through the rugged terrain.

An Injury in the Wilderness

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2017

John Sain breaks his leg far off the trail, and believes his only choice is a slow death or a quick one; on a three-hour hike in the Joshua Tree desert, realtor Ed Rosenthal becomes lost, and runs out of water in the 100-degree heat.