[@Gowi]

"the basic premise is that everyone is a group of friends that decided to meet together for the holidays at a ski resort provided by a friend"

The characters are friends.  First OOC post.  <3. Judging by age, they are out of high school, so in theory they might have moved away, but my guess is thethey'ce stayed in touch with at least the host, and likely some of the others.