When Scott O'Toole accepts a lift in a Cessna to a late-night concert, the plane crashes in a storm, the pilot is killed and Scott finds himself lost and alone in a frozen wilderness. Miles from anywhere and anyone, at the mercy of the brutal elements, he must dig deep to survive. While his father frantically rallies the rescue workers, Scott, in a desperate bid for shelter, stumbles on a remote, inhabited cabin and thinks his troubles are over. But arriving in the midst of a horrific crime only he can prevent, Scott soon discovers that his terror has only just begun ...