Suzanne and Jim Shemwell head out for a simple afternoon snowmobile excursion in the Boise National Forest. After a freak accident they are stranded overnight as a massive snowstorm blows in. Next, Jean Geer drives to a remote part of Olympic National Park in Washington State with her dog, Yoda, to spread the ashes of her late husband. When she can't find her way back, she must survive the wettest forest in the continental U.S..