The appropriate response to vague questions are requests for clarification.

What time of year?

What is the breakdown of road miles, trail miles and bushwhacking miles?

What are your food arrangements?

Some times people ask the wrong question, like how far is it between X & Y? When the distance is short, but mostly class 3 & 4 then they have asked the wrong question. The appropriate response to to answer the question they should have asked.