Or winter break, the guys had driven up the coast to North Carolina and then headed west into the mountains to find snow-this was a ski trip, Being from Orlando, none of them had ever seen real snow, so all three of them were extremely excited. This description of the setting is important to the story because it – shows the characters' lack of experience with snow, which helps to explain why they needed to be rescued identifies the precise part of the country where the characters are, which makes the story more realistic explains why the characters were so excited about this particular road trip