I actually did this as preparation for a fanfic and wanted to check to see what you guys thought before I implemented it (if you’re from /r/Frozen, I’m /u/theroonco and I’d appreciate it if you could leave your comments there). Thank you!

So, if you don’t count the day of Elsa’s coronation or anything after Hans gets punched, Frozen takes place over three days, ending on the morning of the third.

The first journey is Elsa’s, who leaves on the night of her coronation and reaches the Mountain on that same night, with Let It Go concluding as the sun rises. Given that children are awake when she leaves and she ends up at a high altitude, I guessed the trek would have taken her maybe seven hours? (say from ~ 11pm to ~6 am?). I guess the speed could be attributed to the fact that she can just freeze a path over obstacles anyone else would spend time trying to avoid.

We cut to Anna in the day, who has a horse yet is nowhere near the Mountain. After losing her horse there’s a cut to her still lost at night, as she finds Oaken. Given that she has no idea where to go, and couldn’t see what route Elsa took (she has to go back through the courtyard to get her horse and cloak) it’s to say that Oaken’s post and the North Mountain are on opposite sides of Arendelle Castle (which makes Hans’ journey a bit easier to calculate) (she’s taken ~ 20+ hours).

This is also where she meets Kristoff. I’m not too fussed about how he got here because we haven’t seen him since the day of the coronation. I I had to hazard a guess I’d say he may have just paid off his sled (in the novelisation he actually buys a new one) and visited his Summer Oasis ( a deleted scene). He claims to have noticed that the winter originated from the North Mountain which implies he would have been close to it at some point. Maybe his Oasis wasn’t too far off and he spent the day heading over to the one place he knew could replace his equipment?

Aanyway, their sled is destroyed soon after they leave (the wolf chase takes place at night) so they’re forced to walk, probably to not tire Sven out. They meet Olaf during the day, but it takes until Sunset for them to reach the ice palace (so Anna’s clocked in ~ 40 hours of travel).

Hans, who’s been helping Arendelle cope with the weather begins making preparations to follow Anna when her horse returns during the second day (in the same time frame as when Olaf is introduced). He immediately spies the North Mountain (or the mountain region). Why? Maybe Kristoff isn’t the only one to have noticed something was off about there and fortunately happened to be passing though Arendelle for someone to grab and question him/ her? Maybe Elsa’s powers are actually visible from the town but Anna and Kristoff are too close to the base (or under too much cover) to notice? Who knows? Regardless, he reaches Elsa’s ice palace at the dawn of the third day on horseback, (which probably helps). He’s probably clocked in ~ 18 hours?

It takes Kristoff from sunset to nighttime to bring Anna to the trolls By the time Fixer Upper concludes, the sun has begun to rise and it takes him until the sun rises fully to return Anna to Arendelle (I would argue that Kristoff is faster this time because he knows exactly where he’s going, which is the same excuse I’m gonna use to explain how Hans gets Elsa back in the same time frame). I’d probably hazard a guess and say these two have clocked in (over) 14 hours of travel?

The final leg of the journey matches up with one taken at the beginning of the film by Elsa’s parents; they leave the castle at night and reach the Valley before the Sun rises. I’d assume the Sun had already risen (or was close enough that they didn’t get a chance to catch up on their sleep) by the time they got back because I doubt the sisters would have been allowed to just go back to sleep in the same room, only to have Elsa’s stuff moved out in the morning.

As I said, the Summit Siege sequence takes place at dawn, Elsa gets knocked unconscious and by the time she’s awake, it’s daytime, judging by the Sun when she eventually ends her winter. I previously said that both groups begin the last leg of their journey at about the same time (and Kristoff chooses to ride Sven instead of just walk alongside him), which means that, somehow, Hans and Elsa traveled for a shorter length of time because they get back first. From early morning to midday (at least), I would say Hans returned Elsa to Arendelle in less than 7 hours.

Final Distances:

To the North Mountain:

Elsa: Within 1 Night, on foot (7 hrs)

Anna: Just under 2 Days, via Oaken’s, mixture of methods (20+20 hrs)

Hans: Under 1 Day, on horseback (18 hrs)

From the North Mountain:

Kristoff and Anna: Within 1 Day, via Valley of Living Rocks, mixture of methods (14 hours)

Hans and Elsa: Within 1 Morning, horseback (7 hours)

Notes:

According to Oaken, these events take place in July and thus, In Summer~! This has influenced my estimations of how long the days and nights lasted.

I’m assuming both groups return by at least 11-ish, so Elsa would end her winter sometime in the afternoon (1 or 2pm). I’m also assuming that the epilogue doesn’t take place on the same day.

I’d guess Hans and his volunteers would probably be more efficient in how they ate and slept (if at all) during their journey, while Kristoff and Anna wouldn’t, especially not after Kristoff lost nearly all his supplies. This could provide a reason as to why Hans’ group is so much faster.