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But i did! For nearly half an hour i struggled to crawl out of what i felt was a never ending snow base.. I had to pop my one ski to use as a shovel almost to dig my way around and then kept kicking until it packed enough snow and was able to crawl slowly on my ski until safety... It was quite traumatic at the moment.. Had never been that "deep" before.

Sorry about that, I misunderstood because you said nearly.
That sounds really scary, I am relieved you made it out again!!