Follows acclaimed mountaineer Ruedi Beglinger, who lives with his wife and two young daughters on a remote glacier in the mountains of British Columbia. Beglinger has built a reputation as one of the top ski mountaineering guides in the world. Viewers follow his family's unique life off the grid and their journey in the years following a devastating avalanche that killed seven people.

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...