Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of the trapped settlers joined together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.

• Crispin Glover
• Clayne Crawford
• Michele Santopietro
• Mark Boone Junior
• Christian Kane
• Crispian Belfrage
• Catherine Black
• Jamie Anne Allman