Season Episodes Originally aired Average rating (millions) Season premiere Season finale 11 December 3, 2010 (2010 - 12 - 03) February 18, 2011 (2011 - 02 - 18) 3.32 16 October 28, 2011 (2011 - 10 - 28) February 24, 2012 (2012 - 02 - 24) 4.59 16 October 26, 2012 (2012 - 10 - 26) February 22, 2013 (2013 - 02 - 22) 4.57 SA 6 August 2, 2013 (2013 - 08 - 02) October 18, 2013 (2013 - 10 - 18) 2.15 19 October 25, 2013 (2013 - 10 - 25) March 14, 2014 (2014 - 03 - 14) 3.96 5 24 October 17, 2014 (2014 - 10 - 17) March 13, 2015 (2015 - 03 - 13) 4.15 6 21 October 16, 2015 (2015 - 10 - 16) March 11, 2016 (2016 - 03 - 11) 3.83 7 22 October 14, 2016 (2016 - 10 - 14) March 10, 2017 (2017 - 03 - 10) TBA Parker 's Trail March 31, 2017 (2017 - 03 - 31) April 14, 2017 (2017 - 04 - 14) TBA 8 TBA October 13, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 13) TBA (TBA) TBA
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October 13, 2017