A glitzy ski resort in the Rocky Mountains is rocked when the son of town snowplough driver Nels Coxman is murdered at the order of flamboyant drug lord Viking. Fueled by rage and armed with heavy machinery, Nels sets out to dismantle the cartel one man at a time, but his understanding of murder comes mainly from what he read in a crime novel. As the bodies pile up, his actions ignite a turf war with rival gangs that will turn the small towns bright white slopes blood-red.