Jonger, wow! WTF were you thinking even being out? I didn't feel safe walking to the end of my driveway the other night! It's too deep to ride... heck it's too deep to even snowshoe. Two people have died within 5-10 miles of my house since I've been here as a result of getting lost or stuck and then freezing to death. One of the guys was up by Eagle, too. The remoteness and inaccessibility of this area, especially in the winter is nothing to take so lightly. This a wilderness, you know that!
June last year, I was at a friends camp near the Silver Lake Basin (probably not far from where you were stranded as the crow flies) on a beautiful, sunny 65 degree day, wearing only short sleeves and decided to take a little hike alone. 30 minutes in, clouds and a north wind moved in. 10 minutes later it was 34, foggy, misting, wind was blowing. I got cold, panicked, got turned around, no cell service. I was shivering and shaking, and I too, for brief moments thought I could die. The regret that just poured through me was awful. To die from making such an innocent, stupid mistake. I never want to feel that again. If not for my wonderful better-half and the other guys at camp laying on their truck horns, it may have ended differently for me. One of the best lessons I have learned living here- respect what can kill you.
Glad you are okay. Good God!