>>5836244>>5836354>>5836358>>5836142>>5836145QM: ok lol, my roll failed 63 > 31 and could not meet the difficulty threshold you set, so you definitely arrive at the cliffside ambush point ahead of the palace forces. So from your vantage you can see more of what is ahead:
Past the mountain bend there is indeed a chokepoint - a narrow bridge that leads to the palace. You observe that the undersides of the cliff are not entirely sheer - it would be possible for a determined party to scale partially down the cliffside lying hidden in wait perched upon a ledge, just beneath the bridge, and thereby manoeuvring behind an unsuspecting enemy after they had made the crossing. However you feel this would be a very dangerous strategy.