When Scott O'Toole recklessly accepts a ride 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 just to survive. While his father frantically rallies the rescue workers, Scott, in a desperate bid for safety, stumbles on a remote, inhabited cabin and thinks his troubles are over. But happening upon the scene of a horrific crime only he can prevent, Scott soon discovers that his terror has only just begun ...