I bet you I could have done it by myself in an hour, with the kids it was longer of course. If you bring snow shoes you can summit some of the ridges peaks and get some amazing views. I got the idea from here: http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topi...TOPIC_ID=34409 I also followed their snow shoe tracks. I don't know what he means about 3 hours up? He must have hiked what I drove.