Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another. 　　译文(2): 威尔 · 佩妮，一个上了年纪的牛仔，在一个牧场上找了份工作，这份工作要求他在牧场周围巡逻，寻找入侵者，或者更糟糕的是，擅自占用牧场的人。他发现他在高山上的小屋被一个女人占用了，她的俄勒冈向导抛弃了她和她的儿子。他不好意思把母亲和孩子赶出去，因为山上的严冬即将来临，他同意在春天解冻之前住在这个小屋里。但是慢慢融化的不仅仅是雪，孤独的男人和女人很快就忘记了他们之间的敌意，开始发展对彼此的深深的爱。