Jason Pede, 31, was driving from Dulce, N.M. to Aspen, Colo., to deliver a rescue dog. He told his wife Thursday morning he was following a plow truck, but she didn't hear from him again.

Pede had a cell phone, satellite radio and GPS, but when his Lincoln Navigator got stuck in the snow on a country road off Highway 114 northwest of Saguache, Colo., the electronic devices didn't help.

Pede stayed in his vehicle, burning some items to warm, but no one found him.

"When I finally ran out of fuel, I took it upon myself to walk the seven miles from where I was at to the roadway," said Pede. "That was my only way of not dying, I guess."

Three people from Amarillo, Texas found him Sunday morning and took him to the sheriff's department in Saguache.

"He walked out and the story ended well," Mike Norris, sheriff of Saguache County, told 7NEWS on Monday.

Pede had gone four days without food, surviving only on a small amount of Mountain Dew and mountain snow to drink. He is looking forward to reuniting with his wife and three children in Indiana.

The Australian Shepherd Pede was taking to Aspen was found in his SUV and taken to a vet for treatment.

Pede told the sheriff's department that a "local" had told him the county road led to Aspen. In reality, the county road loops back to Highway 114.

Hear an interview with Pede and his wife on KRDO-TV's Web site.

Note: Earlier information that indicated Pede was stuck somewhere off Wolf Creek Pass was incorrect.

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