Craig and the crew are back in camp to log Saddle Ridge; the crew discovers the block is chock full of boulders, making it impossible to log; one of the Glover's winch machines spews thick white smoke; they receive bad news from the government.

A million dollars worth of timber could be stranded unless Craig figures out a plan; Brent is weeks behind on logging and clearing a campsite then narrowly avoids catastrophe while uprooting a giant tree.

The Glovers race to get their wood and machines off Erie Mountain before government road restrictions shut them down for spring; Craig's crew is rushing to get the stranded wood off the landing before break-up drives them out of the bush.