Alone locations & beyond

Seasons 1, 2 & 4

Northern Vancouver Island

British Columbia, Canada

Cold Pacific rainforest — thousand-year cedars, wind-scoured headlands, and salt water that never quite lets you dry out.

Season 3

Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia

Argentina

Andean lake country — glacial water, lenga forest, and wind that rearranges your shelter every night.

Seasons 5 & 6

Great Slave Lake

Northwest Territories, Canada

Subarctic Canadian Shield — boreal forest, granite shoreline, and a lake big enough to make its own weather.

Season 7

Chilko Lake

British Columbia, Canada

Turquoise glacial lake in the Coast Mountains — postcard scenery, unforgiving cold, and grizzly country.

Season 8

Chilcotin Plateau

British Columbia, Canada

Interior BC high country — open grassland edges, lodgepole pine, and the driest boreal Alone has filmed.

Season 9

Big River, near Makkovik

Labrador, Canada

North Atlantic Labrador — stunted boreal forest, fog off the sea, and a river that can't be waded.

Season 10

Reindeer Lake

Saskatchewan, Canada

Vast island-studded boreal lake on the Manitoba–Saskatchewan border — big water, dense forest, and old fur-trade country.

Season 11

Mackenzie River Delta

Northwest Territories, Canada

Sub-arctic river maze — endless channels, willow flats, and the midnight sun giving way to serious cold.

Season 12

Bristol Bay

Alaska, USA

Alaskan tundra-and-sea country — salmon-choked rivers, treeless ridges, and grizzlies you have to plan around, not away from.

Season 13

Richardson Mountains

Northwest Territories, Canada

Above tree line in the Arctic — tundra ridges, autumn reds, and a filming window that runs straight into deep winter.

Alone: Frozen — Season 1

Coastal Labrador (Alone: Frozen)

Labrador, Canada

Winter-only spinoff on the North Atlantic — sea ice, snow-covered headlands, and 50 days measured in body heat.

Alone Australia — Season 1

South West Tasmania

Tasmania, Australia

Ancient temperate rainforest at the bottom of the world — myrtle beech, tannin rivers, and rain measured in weeks.

Alone Australia — Season 2

Fiordland (Te Waipounamu)

South Island, New Zealand

Sheer-walled fjords and temperate rainforest — waterfalls out of every cloud, deep water at your feet.

Alone Australia — Season 3

Lake Burbury

West Coast Range, Tasmania, Australia

Mountain lake on the West Coast Range — buttongrass plains, eucalypt forest, and quartzite peaks under fast weather.

Alone Australia — Season 4

Arctic Circle Finland

Finnish Lapland

Boreal taiga at the top of Europe — frozen lakes, snow-loaded spruce, and a polar-night filming window.

Best: late Jul – mid Sep

Glacier National Park

Montana, USA

Northern Rockies at the Crown of the Continent — glaciated peaks, hanging valleys, and grizzly-managed backcountry.

Best: Jul – Sep

Yellowstone Backcountry

Wyoming, USA

Beyond the boardwalks — thermal basins, wolf-tracked meadows, and lodgepole burns you can still cross for days.

Best: Jul – early Oct

Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming, USA

Vertical granite over sagebrush flats — the fastest-rising range in the Rockies, right off the road.

Best: Jul – Sep

Yosemite High Sierra

California, USA

Granite domes, alpine meadows, and Sierra light — the range John Muir called the Range of Light.

Best: Jul – Sep (coast year-round)

Olympic National Park

Washington, USA

Three biomes in one park — Pacific coast, temperate rainforest, and glaciated peaks.

Best: Aug – mid Sep

North Cascades National Park

Washington, USA

The 'American Alps' — over 300 glaciers, knife-edge ridges, and no crowds by Cascades standards.

Best: Jul – Sep

Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado, USA

One-third of the park sits above tree line — a compact showcase of Colorado high country.

Best: Jul – Sep

Sequoia & Kings Canyon

California, USA

The deepest canyon and biggest trees in the Lower 48, backed by the High Sierra crest.

Best: mid Jun – mid Sep

Denali Backcountry

Alaska, USA

Off-trail wilderness beneath the tallest mountain in North America.

Best: mid Jun – mid Sep

Isle Royale National Park

Michigan, USA

A wolf-and-moose island in Lake Superior — the least-visited park in the Lower 48.

Best: Dec – Apr (dry season)

Everglades National Park

Florida, USA

The only place on Earth where alligators and crocodiles share water — a sawgrass river 60 miles wide.

Best: Nov – Mar

Big Bend National Park

Texas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert meets the Chisos Mountains meets the Rio Grande — three parks in one.

Best: Apr – May, Sep – Oct

Zion Backcountry

Utah, USA

Beyond the shuttle — Narrows, subway, and Kolob wilderness in slot-canyon country.

Best: Apr – May, Sep – Oct

Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim

Arizona, USA

The classic 24-mile crossing that puts the canyon's scale in your legs.

Best: Jul – early Sep

Wind River Range

Wyoming, USA

The finest granite alpine range in the Lower 48 — Cirque of the Towers, Titcomb Basin, and 100 miles of glaciated country.

Best: mid May – Sep

Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Minnesota, USA

1,175 lakes wired together by portages — the archetypal North American canoe wilderness.

Best: Jun – Oct (winter ice climb Dec–Mar)

Adirondack High Peaks

New York, USA

46 peaks over 4,000 ft in a forest preserve constitutionally protected as 'forever wild.'

Best: Jun – Oct (winter conditions are extreme)

White Mountains Presidential Range

New Hampshire, USA

The worst weather in America happens on Mount Washington — and the traverse is one of the finest in the East.

Best: Jul – early Oct

Baxter State Park & Katahdin

Maine, USA

The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail — and one of the wildest state parks in the country.

Best: Jul – Sep

Bob Marshall Wilderness

Montana, USA

A million-acre roadless Rocky Mountain wilderness — the 'Bob' is the real thing.

Best: Jun – Sep (river) / Jul – Sep (backpack)

Frank Church-River of No Return

Idaho, USA

The largest wilderness in the contiguous US — 2.3 million acres of central Idaho.

Best: Jul – mid Sep

Banff & Yoho National Parks

Alberta / British Columbia, Canada

The Canadian Rockies' postcard core — turquoise lakes, glaciated peaks, and iconic multi-day traverses.

Best: mid May – Oct (fall color late Sep)

Algonquin Provincial Park

Ontario, Canada

Ontario's classic canoe wilderness — moose, loons, and 1,500 km of paddling routes.

Best: mid Jun – Sep

Quetico Provincial Park

Ontario, Canada

Boundary Waters' quieter Canadian sibling — no motors, no permanent sites, real solitude.

Best: Jun – Aug (river) / Jul – Aug (backpack)

Nahanni National Park Reserve

Northwest Territories, Canada

Virginia Falls, hot springs, and a river that carves through the Mackenzie Mountains.

Best: mid Jul – early Sep

Sarek National Park

Swedish Lapland, Sweden

Europe's oldest national park and its most demanding — no trails, no bridges, no huts.

Best: Jul – early Sep

Jotunheimen National Park

Norway

The 'Home of the Giants' — Norway's highest peaks, glaciers, and Besseggen ridge.

Best: mid Jul – early Sep (winter ski Mar–Apr)

Kungsleden (The King's Trail)

Swedish Lapland, Sweden

440 km through Swedish Lapland — the classic Scandinavian long trail.

Best: May – Oct (winter climb Dec–Mar)

Cairngorms National Park

Scotland, UK

The UK's largest national park — subarctic plateau, ancient Caledonian pine, and reindeer.

Best: late Jun – early Sep

Icelandic Highlands (Laugavegur)

Iceland

Rhyolite mountains, geothermal streams, and lava fields on the Laugavegur trek.

Best: May – Sep

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark

18 basalt islands rising sheer from the North Atlantic — sea cliffs, sheep, and mist.

Best: mid Jun – late Sep

Dolomites Alta Via 1 & 2

Italy

Vertical limestone towers, WWI trench routes, and the finest refuge-supported trekking in the Alps.

Best: Jul – Sep

Julian Alps & Triglav National Park

Slovenia

Slovenia's alpine centerpiece — turquoise rivers, karst caves, and the country's most-climbed peak.

Best: Jun – Sep

GR20, Corsica

France

Europe's toughest waymarked trek — 180 km across Corsica's mountain spine.

Best: Jun – Sep

Tatra Mountains

Poland / Slovakia

The highest range in central Europe — Alpine terrain at Slavic prices.

Best: Nov – Mar (S. Hemisphere summer)

Torres del Paine National Park

Chilean Patagonia

Patagonia's granite showpiece — the Torres, the Cuernos, and the classic W and O circuits.

Best: May – Sep (dry season)

Cordillera Huayhuash

Peru

A compact ring of 6,000-m peaks — the most stunning circuit trek in the Andes.

Best: Dec – Apr (dry season)

Tepui Highlands (Roraima)

Venezuela / Guyana / Brazil

Table-top mountains rising 1 km straight out of the Gran Sabana — the inspiration for The Lost World.

Best: Dec – Apr (dry season)

Corcovado National Park

Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

'The most biologically intense place on Earth' — Pacific coast lowland rainforest with jaguars.

Best: Nov – Apr (whale season Jan–Mar)

Baja California Sur

Mexico

Desert peninsula between two seas — sea kayaking, whale sharks, and empty Pacific beaches.

Best: Oct – early Dec, Mar – May

Khumbu Region (Everest Base Camp)

Solukhumbu, Nepal

The Everest region's trekking heartland — Sherpa villages, Ama Dablam, and Kala Patthar.

Best: Oct – Nov, Mar – Apr

Annapurna Circuit

Nepal

The classic Nepalese long trek — jungle to high pass, four ethnic regions in a single walk.

Best: Jul – Aug (eagle festival Oct)

Altai Mountains

Western Mongolia

Kazakh eagle hunters, glaciated peaks, and horseback traverses at the Russian/Kazakh/Chinese corner.

Best: Jul – Sep

Kamchatka Peninsula

Russian Far East

300 volcanoes, brown bear density unmatched anywhere on Earth, and untouched Pacific wilderness.

Best: mid Jul – Sep (autumn color late Sep)

Daisetsuzan National Park

Hokkaido, Japan

Japan's largest national park — 'Roof of Hokkaido' with brown bears, hot springs, and early alpine.

Best: Jan – Mar, Jun – Oct

Mount Kilimanjaro

Tanzania

The world's tallest freestanding mountain — five ecological zones from jungle to arctic in one climb.

Best: Oct – Mar (dry season)

Simien Mountains

Ethiopia

'Chess pieces of the gods' — Ethiopian highland escarpments, geladas, and Ras Dashen.

Best: Nov – Apr (Great Walk season)

Milford Track

Fiordland, New Zealand

'The finest walk in the world' — 53 km through Fiordland's rain-fed peaks and waterfalls.

Best: May – Aug (dry cool season)

Larapinta Trail

Northern Territory, Australia

223 km along the West MacDonnell Range — Australia's finest desert walk.

Best: Dec – Apr

Overland Track

Tasmania, Australia

65 km across Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair — Tasmania's iconic alpine long walk.