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Input: Text: three of my best friends in college and i decided that we’d spend our spring break camping/backpacking in colorado during the snowiest part of the year, march. we found a really cool cabin called piney guard station, located near wolcott, and rented it for a few days starting last sunday. it’s a cabin that was used by park rangers back in the 30s, and was recently remodeled. super cool spot. [here's a pic of the place.](http://i.imgur.com/qhx1jn3.jpg) the road to get to it is an unpaved 10 mile path off of the nearest highway. depending on the weather, you can drive up the path until it gets too snowy/muddy, and then hike the rest of the way. 

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day 1: sunday, march 13

7:00am 

we head out from the place we’re staying to the campsite.

10:00am

we arrive at the start of the unpaved road in our 4x4 expedition. it hasn’t snowed in weeks (weather’s been odd for colorado this year apparently), so we figure we might be able to drive the entire way. however, after a few miles, some snow starts to accumulate (not surprising with the elevation change). one of my buddies has never experienced what a 4x4 can handle in snow, and i have, and i’m feeling 100% confident. he’s lowkey worried and consistently says “are you sure we won’t get stuck?” i laugh and say “dan, this is easy, i’ve driven through much worse”. the snow was packed down real nice and we were cruising in 2 wheel drive the entire time. to be honest, we were just fine at this point. the roads were easy. 

after about 6 miles, the road opened up quite a bit and there was a gravel patch to park at. it wasn’t totally obvious that this is intended to be a parking lot during the winter months, and i wanted to keep pressing on. meanwhile, dan gets out of the truck and says “i don’t like this man, we can walk 3 miles, let’s just park”. well, we have 40 pound backpacks and 30 pound sleds to carry, and if we can drive the rest of the way, i wasn’t going to walk that much. besides, there were fresh tire tracks that we figured we could drive on. the two other guys agreed with me, and the worried friend got out of the truck and watched as we threw it into 4 low and began to trek through the snow.  within just a foot, the ground went from gravel to packed down snow to 2 feet of snow, and [we immediately sank through.](http://i.imgur.com/10dndlv.jpg)
dan looks at me with a “i told you so” look, and i laugh. “you were right, man. i’m sorry. let’s get us out and park and we’ll walk”. i grab the shovels and some door mats and we all get to work.
turns out, the truck was very high centered and the snow was incredibly slushy. we dug and dug for hours, and couldn’t get out. fortunately, i had cell service in the car, and i called aaa and they said they couldn’t get any services to come out to us, and all of the park rangers/wildlife services were closed (it was a sunday). we decide we’d abandon the car and go hike the 3 miles to the cabin and get warm and try again tomorrow, figuring the rangers would help. we arrived at the cabin and knocked out very quickly (16 hour drive + very little sleep + hiking 70 lbs of stuff + shoveling for hours).

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day 2: monday, march 14th 

8:00am.

we woke up and headed back to the truck. it’s approximately a 2-3 hour hike between the truck and the cabin, and it’s very exhausting. meanwhile, an unexpected blizzard (it was supposed to be clear the entire vacation) happened to roll in overnight, and snow started to really accumulate. the winds began to pick up, but we were determined.


12:00pm. 

we arrive at the truck. we continued to shovel, but the snow turned to ice overnight. our axels were both stuck and most of the frame was too. 

i called the rangers and they said it was not at all part of their service and refused to help. all nearby tow companies didn’t have the balls to try to drive to us and denied us too. all we needed was a slight pull, just a foot, not even, and we’d be free. the tow companies kept directing us to another tow company to try to call, promising they’d help, and it just became a phone tag game. we began to get worried, thinking no one would ever want to bother to get us unstuck. we didn’t want to pay thousands for a search and rescue just because we couldn’t get a simple one foot pull. plus, we were running low on supplies. it was getting dark, so we had no choice but to head back to the cabin for the night.

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day 3, tuesday, march 15th 

about 7:00am

morale was low. supplies were running low. energy was increasingly low. we had to get out today, or things would start to get dangerous rather quickly. a second blizzard rolled in, and it was strong. white out conditions. 40 mile per hour winds and enough snow to cover up the trail to the point where it was hard to follow back to the truck. you couldn’t see 15 feet in front of you.

11:15am

somehow, we made it back to the truck. i really don’t know how, to be honest. it took a lot longer to get to the truck, and my phone battery was running low.  i called some more and started to say that our lives are on the line and we are desperate for a tow asap. one tow company laughed and said “didn’t you call yesterday? the answer’s still no, pal”. we started to call tow companies hours away, knowing that it would cost at minimum $250 an hour, but we didn’t care. we were fed up. we needed out. even the sheriff’s department wasn’t sure what to do. they claimed they’ve never had their contracted tow companies refuse to come out to get people, and were up in arms. told us they’d call back.
 
12:00pm

anxiety is skyrocketing. no call from the sheriff. no tow company is willing to get us. 

2:00pm

my phone starts ringing. “hello?” “hey, my name’s thomas and i hear you’re stuck? i think i might be able to get you”. *trying to hide my excitement so as not to scare him away* “really?! we could really use your help, man. it’s tough out here and we’re running low on supplies”. “hey, no worries man. let me fill up my tank and i’ll be as soon as i can”. 

2:15pm

my phone rings again. “hello?” “hey, i’m with the sherriff’s department and i want to help you guys out. even if we can’t pull you out, i can at least pick you boys up and bring you to safety.” “we got someone coming up to get us, but you’re more than welcome to come just in case”. “i’d love to, this sounds like a great story and i want to be a part of it”. 

3:00pm

the blizzard is just barely loosening up, and we can see out on the horizon this huge, badass, jacked up electric blue jeep cherokee followed by a police suv. they both pull up to us. the guy comes out of the jeep and he looks like he’s our age. turns out, he was still in high school. super cool kid. great sense of humor and has his head on straight.  he had absolutely no trouble getting up to us and laughed and said that this’ll be the easiest and most fun $500 he’s ever made. the deputy comes out of his squad car and was an absolute character. “not gonna lie, if it wasn’t for this jeep i don’t think i could’ve made it up this far!” he says, as he shakes our hands. i’ve never met a more lively and funny cop. loves his job and loved just being there to help us. 

sure enough, with a simple pull, we were able to get unstuck. we pay the kid the $500 and we head back out, in a convoy fashion. let me tell you, it was quite a sight. us in front, a huge jeep behind us, and the deputy in hot pursuit. [here's a pic of the two vehicles.](http://i.imgur.com/gwgoupm.jpg) not only that, we didn’t have to worry about freezing in the car overnight or eating each other or something. it was a time of great excitement. we headed back to boulder and spent a few days there just enjoying leisure hikes in the rockies/estes park/etc. it was beautiful.

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colorado was awesome. convinced me that i want to live here in a few years. the people we met were so neat. the views were incredible. lessons were learned, and i wouldn’t take back this last week for anything. my buddy forgave me that day (he’ a great guy) and we’re all closer than ever before. thanks for listening to our story.


i also don’t know how the kid with the jeep heard about us. we still don’t know how he found out about us, or if he’s contracted through a tow service, or what. it was a miracle in every sense of the word. 


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TIFU by refusing to listen to my best friend's gut feeling; resulted in becoming stranded in a blizzard