Emily has a lot on her plate, her father died when she was very young and now her mother is dying from cancer. Her sister skipped town unwilling to watch their mother slowly fade. The deputy sheriff, while having good intentions, is on her case. Now her closest friend wants her to accompany him on a crazy research project up into the mountains that surround their small Colorado town. Little does she know that the secrets that lurk in those mountains have already had a profound impact on her life. Specters from her past will rise up and require that she confront them or be driven mad by grief.