five o'clock in the afternoon
`` If a fellow should fall , he 'd break his neck sure . '' `` I guess you 're right , Randy ; although it may not be so bad when one is right on top of it . There is a sort of a trail , you know , although it 's not much . I heard Salmon Head tell Uncle he hoped it would be cold to-morrow night , and that we should start for the Pass about four or five o'clock in the afternoon . I wonder what he meant by that . '' `` I heard Captain Zoss speaking of it . They start toward evening so as to pass the deepest snows on the summit about midnight when a crust forms to walk on , for at this season of the year the deep snows are too soft to be trusted when the sun is shining . ''