Today I lead a hike for ADK up Street and Nye. These 2 are relatively smaller peaks, Nye being the second shortest of the 46. That doesn't mean they are easy. We hit the trail around 630, and the initial trail out to Indian Brook is relatively flat and was very thin snow wise. The big fear of the brook not being frozen was unfounded. The water crossing was very solid and we crossed it with no issues. The second water crossing that I didn't remember was a little more sketchy, but it was frozen enough that we didn't need to go across the tree.
Tomorrow go to Loj to attempt Street and Nye. These are 2 relatively low peaks (#31 and #45) so they should be relatively straight forward. There's only 1 way that people climb it, and that's from the HPIC, over a bit of trail, a bit of old X-country ski trails (32 Olympics I think?) then it's all herd path. The questions I have to worry about for this hike that I don't typically have to worry about for most of my winter hikes.
At this moment, I have 19 high peaks left to complete my winter round of 46. I went out on the first day of winter and got Colden, and found that winter hiking is what I remember, and did better than I expected on the hike. That is good because I have a bunch of long hikes ahead of me. At the moment, this is what I have left, and my concerns on each of the hikes.
My next trip will have a lot of hiking and hit 13 peaks over a week. The first 3 nights I'm saying at ADK Loj, so I'll have a soft bed and shower available each night. The next 3 nights, I'll be in the backcountry, hopefully at Lake Arnold, camping.