The High Mountain Rangers go head to head with three escaped prisoners, one of whom is the mortal enemy of Jesse Hawkes, (Robert Conrad) the man who created The High Mountain Rangers. Meanwhile, one of the Rangers and Jesse's younger son Cody Hawkes (Shane Conrad) go searching for the survivors of a downed airplane. Three men break out of Folsom prison, including serial killer T.J. Cousins. The High Mountain Rangers are called in to investigate after a body is found and a camper has been stolen from the victim. The police believe it is the work of T.J.Cousins. The Rangers discuss the fact that the only escapee they really need to focus on is T.J. Cousins. The Rangers snowmobile out...
An earthquake hits the Tahoe area, and Jesse and Cody must convince an old man and his granddaughter to leave the mountain for safer shelter while the rangers try to rescue some spelunkers trapped in a cave.
Jesse's old friend Buck Dawkins (Buck Taylor) comes to Tahoe with his daughter, Haley. The Rangers are sent to find Buck because he's been charged with kidnapping Haley. Cody leads the Rangers on a wild goose chase.
T.J. Cousins' brother Bernie Cousins presses murder charges against Jesse Hawkes, who goes to trial because there is a lot of money missing. A Beverly Hills Attorney that Matt Hawkes rescued takes Jesse's case. Cody Hawkes and Ranger Robin Kelly search for evidence to clear Jesse.
Matt and Avila rescue two skiers, Chaz Collins and Dana Brooks, who were caught in an avalanche, but then a blizzard downs their chopper.
Roy Culhane, a former Ranger candidate, believing that Jesse Hawkes washed him out in favor of Matt, returns to the area brimming with resentment.
The Rangers are assigned the duty of keeping a visiting ambassador and his new wife safe while they're on their honeymoon.
Cody Hawkes meets a camping family with a number of hearing-and speaking-impaired teenagers. When a bear invades the campsite, two of the girls disappear, and Cody and the Rangers work to track the girls down before hunters enrage a now-wounded bear into becoming an even greater threat.
The Hawkes Family helps Frank Avila and some of their friends search for a missing burial ground that will prove the land belongs to the Native Americans and save it from developers.
Matt leads a search for Olga Denilov, a Soviet ski champion, and her trainer-father, Pjotr Denilov, both of whom he's accused of helping to defect. Jesse and Matt worry about Dingy being attacked by rabid wolves.
A sudden summer snowstorm strands Jesse and an injured distance runner, Mickey Perry, in the mountains after she runs off course and breaks her leg in a fall.
Lonely after Cody goes to Tahoe to stay with Jackie for a while, Jesse goes into the mountains, where he's shot by a pair of drunken hunters.
A family on vacation in the mountains is playing wargames with paint pellets, but one of them uses real ammo to kill a member of their party. Cody Hawkes sees the murder and escapes back to the cabin, but the family chases after him and lays seige to the cabin. Jesse sends Cody to climb down Dead Drop Wall, the only way to catch the Rangers, who are out of Tahoe doing mountain maneuvers.