The daytime mountain scenes were shot generally at an 8000ft elevation in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Az. In fact, camp fires were not allowed due to the fire danger, so, the night time camp fire scenes were shot at a remote location 30 miles west Tucson to get away from the city city and noise. The campsite "set" was dismantled and recreated at the other location to match.
The voice of the overbearing boss on the cell phone is British pop star Melissa Graham. Her lines were recorded on a Zoom call.
The initial purpose of the production was to showcase the talents of the Tucson based cast and crew. Despite significant budget limitations and against all odds, the tiny production decided to press forward and show what could be done with little no resources in the hopes of attracting investment in future productions. It worked as financial backing came through for the follow up film, 10FT DOWN soon thereafter.