Five friends are looking forward to Christmas vacation.

The weather has been cold and there has been a lot of snow but that doesn't deter them from the thoughts of an exciting few days in the woods bombing around on their ATVs.

The only concession that Don's parents made when they agreed to the trip was that his nineteen-year-old brother go along. He is a much more experienced woodsman than any of the others and, being two years older, they hope he would bring a measure of maturity and levelheadedness to the group. At least, that is what they thought.

When a series of tragic events leaves the group lost, injured, and without many of their supplies, Don is left to his own limited survival skills to pit against the whims of nature. Will the teachings of his brother and his beloved deceased uncle be enough to get them out of the woods alive? The question now becomes: . . . will any of them even survive long enough to be found?