Didn’t go quite as planned. We left the parking area at 9:30 sunny and 20 degrees, perfect. After 4 miles we hit the intersection with a popular ski trail. Visited with a few skiers while we grabbed a snack. From there the steep climb began. We hadn’t gone a quarter mile and we met a group of two couples descending. One of the women had injured her knee and couldn’t walk at all on it. We helped get her back to the junction and then the 2 miles to the parking area they had started from. Two of use carried her the whole way. Arrived at their car around 4 pm they dropped one guy where they were staying and he came back and gave us a ride to our vehicles 6 miles away. We then went for burgers n beers😁