Tom Kincaid (William Devane) is a successful businessman but an overbearing, controlling dad to teens Rick (Kaj-Erik Eriksen) and Susan (Natasha Melnick). Desperate for some family unity, his wife (Patty Duke) plans a vacation to their mountain cabin, via the family's private plane. Tom, an experienced pilot, ignores a winter storm warning in the hope of reaching their cabin before nightfall. But the weather worsens, and they have to make a crash landing on a remote mountainside, creating an avalanche that forces the Kincaids to abandon the plane and their supplies. Stranded and seriously injured, Tom is finally forced to relinquish control. On the verge of giving up hope, they are finally located by a search and rescue team-and find that surviving the disaster has brought them closer than ever before.