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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1975 adventure film directed by Stewart Raffill. There were two sequels, Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978) and Mountain Family Robinson (1979). Skip Robinson moves from Los Angeles to the remote wilderness with his wife Pat and their two children, Jenny and Toby. The family sells all their belongings to build a new home in the woods far away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. On the edge of a lake, they build a large log cabin next to their Uncle Jake's old log cabin.
The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands strong together to prove that the best things in life are really free.
A family goes "back to nature" by homesteading in the Colorado Rockies.