Snowy Mountain

“We’re out here. ... Can anyone hear me?” she screams from a snowy mountain peak into a satellite phone, which belonged to the researchers who stumbled upon the group on a trip to study frogs and was repaired with a cord from the transponder that Misty had destroyed after the crash.

For the past 40 years, the Sundance Film Festival, the influential annual gathering focused on independent film, has been indelibly linked with the snowy mountain town of Park City, Utah.

After the snowy mountain heights, the warmth of the valley is welcome.

Actors, athletes, animated figures, reality stars and the band Creed gather on a snowy mountain to do something that involves Patrick Stewart mildly embarrassing himself.

In the depth of winter, they are at their best, scaling snowy mountain slopes with their big paws and loping strides.