about three o'clock in the afternoon
We decided that we would walk to the Half-Way House on the Cog Road , or at least as far as we could . We did n't know how much snow there was , or where it began , but we were all feeling good and anxious for another real hike . We were all three dressed in our Sunday clothes , and I was the proud possessor of a new spring suit and a pair of low shoes . It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when we started up the track from Manitou ; by five o'clock we reached the Half-Way House , and much to our surprise found the keeper there . We had encountered very little or no snow that far on the track , and , as the days were getting longer , we knew we had two good hours yet before dark . We inquired of the inn keeper how far the track was open , and he informed us that it was clear as far as Windy Point , that there the great ice sheets began . There is always more snow on the great south shoulder of the Peak than anywhere else .