So we survived the hike up the mountain, my first ever at age 45. I will not lie, I was huffing and puffing most of the way up. At first it was nice and scenic and woodsy, and I thought, this isn't so hard I wonder why it would be considered a good workout? HA! I found out by the time I got to the top. But it was worth it and the views were incredible. We picked an awesome day to go, it was cool but sunny and was not windy at the top. We were able to have our little picnic before heading back down. We stopped at the Basin on the way home and there was a small hike there that we did, small but it still kicked my ass after doing that mountain earlier.