In January we had our only snowstorm of the year. We got 3 feet in one night (It melted in about 4 days). I was at my friend's place, but I knew my mom was worried about the storm and wanted me home. It was around 9, so I figured I'd go. At this point, it had been snowing pretty hard. There was already a foot of snow on the ground. Then I found out that the shuttle service had shut down. My buddies place is about a mile away from the top of the mountain, so I figured I'd just walk up there and use something as a sled to slide down to the lodge. Well I took some wrong turns while walking up to the mountain. Next thing I know I'm in the middle of the woods. My sense of direction was awful. It was snowing so hard that my visibility was poor. I was wading through wais deep snow trying to find my way out. At this point I'm freaking out cause I was freezing my ass off. And my clothes/hair were wet cause I was in my friend's hot tub before I left. I figured I should find a spot to build a shelter. I wandered for like 20 minutes before I found an opening in the forest. I walked out to it, and I sunk about a foot into the water. I had walked out onto some water. My foot was stuck. I was breaking the ice and sloshing water around. I was flailing in survival mode. I freed my foot and got to the shore. At this point I am loosing my mind and attempting to run through the snow, but it's like trying to run through a lake of maple syrup. At this point I had been lost for about 2 hours. But then I saw a structure of some sort. I "swam" towards it. There I saw a snowcat driver refueling the cat. I approached him and told him my story. He was a homie and gave me a ride down to the lodge. I was safe now, but the shuttles were still shut down. So I was stuck at the lodge with about 25 drunk people, luckily my 2 friends were also there. We walked into the hotel, and found a random room open. We slept in there for a little before the owner came in and kicked us out. Shuttle service resumed at 4 in the morning. Slept for 4 hours then skied pow the next day.