Street Mountain

Street Mountain is one of the ADK 46ers within the High Peaks of New York's Adirondack Park.
Highest peak in the Street Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
Street's northeast ridge is Nye Mountain, a sub-4000 foot peak that is included in the ADK 46ers for historical reasons.
Though many climbers complain that Street is viewless, there is a fine view from a ledge a little beyond the summit sign. Street's companion, Nye Mt., lacks views however. Albert B. Street, for whom the mountain is named, was New York State librarian for many years.

Routes

Herdpaths from Indian Pass Brook (1-way)

35 summits • 9.0 mi • 2,475 ft gain • 6 hr 42 min

From Nye

17 summits • 8.2 mi • 2,397 ft gain • 5 hr 34 min

Latest summits

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"A nice pleasant overcast day to do two peaks that fall a bit short in terms of great views. The recent high water has receded quite a bit over the last couple of days yet one broad stream crossing was a little challenging but not terrible. A loop of Heart lake to finish the day. " — Nimblefoot • Oct 25, 2019

"Last-minute decision to hike Street and Nye. Original plan was to do the Seward Range but when I set up camp last night at Lake Harris I realized I had- in a sleepy post-work stupor- forgotten my hiking boots at home! Ended up driving an hour north first thing in the morning for a emergency pair of trail runners at The Mountaineer in Keene, then headed up to the Loj for a closer and smaller hike. It ended up being too small of hike, though, so I added some additional walking and peakbagging. " — wacbravo • Aug 24, 2019

"Wow, What a climb with buddy and fellow 46er Matt Topgun Peacock for my 5th and 6th winter 46er climb,, Great light snowy day and great trail other then a little confusing to the elevating part of the climb but fresh snow there on so broke trail a lot of the way only to get to the summit junction after twenty five or more people passed us and bailed because they were quite frankly "lost" not knowing how to find the summits, "Street and Nye", GPS was our saviour and Mark Earle as our trail angel, A small party we spoke to at the junction took our word that we could get them there so by working together they followed us and shared in our glory summits,, enjoy!" — ramjet1963 • Feb 16, 2019

"Beautiful fall colors at the start and the beginnings of a snowstorm once I hit Street's summit. Perfect day, interesting hike, not a huge incline compared to other Adirondack peaks, but some of the most challenging terrain--I literally crossed a river! " — ionahraqs • Oct 16, 2018

"Hiked with Kim and her cousin Nick. Felt good to be back up in the Adirondacks after an extended layoff. I've been pretty lazy since completing the Northeast 115. Hiked street and nye in -15F temperatures even though it didn't feel that cold. The trails were really well packed down, so we ended up ditching our snowshoes after the second Indian Pass Brook crossing and picked them up on the way out. We didn't even wear microspikes at all during the day, the trails were packed that well and not icy. Overall, it was a pretty good day. " — LGH-Tom • Dec 30, 2017

"Hiked with Tom and my cousin Nick. It was a bitterly cold day in the Adirondacks, but in the end I was glad I decided to go up and hike. We had a good time and were happy that the trail was well packed down from previous traffic. We were able to bare boot the entire day. We saw about 16 other people out on the trails despite the cold weather. Two more peaks down towards my ADK 46ers. " — Kim-Stilson • Dec 30, 2017

"We've been at camp all week and dad had said previously that he wants to climb again too so I decided to take him along for Street & Nye while we're already halfway there! We left camp at approximately 0630 hours for our almost 3 hour drive to Lake Placid and The Loj. This hike I brought Bruiser along also. It was time to see how he did on a mountain, being a mountain dog and all. We've hiked many a mile so I figured he would be good. We got to the Loj a little after 0900 and I was pleasantly surprised to find the parking lot was not full up yet. So we set off around Heart Lake to the Old Nye Ski Trail at 0930. Dad took a pretty big fall after the trail register off of a wet slippery log. I thought we were going to be done before we even got started. But he said he was fine so we moved on. It was smooth sailing and a relatively easy trail all the way to the first water crossing at Indian Pass Brook. The water was so high from all the rain this summer that some rock hopping was possible but not all the way across. So we took off our boots and socks and waded across. Now I knew this would be a challenge for Bruiser as he does not like water or getting wet...at all. It took some coax..." — tscha1 • Jul 28, 2017

"Solo. From the ADK Loj. Followed by Nye. It was torrentially downpouring when I pulled into the parking lot, & I spent more time than I would like to admit sitting in my car wishing it would stop. Finally just bucked up & got on my way. The main water crossing was extremely easy to navigate considering all of the rainfall, not that it mattered since my feet were already wet by the time I got there. The trail was easy to follow despite the fact it is technically "trail-less" - no maintenance just meant a ton of severely rutted trails, multiple trails, mud pits, and widened trails due to people trying to avoid the mud. Cmon winter! Due to essentially running up&down Tabletop yesterday, my runners knee reared its ugly head which hindered my pace quite a bit (though I completed the entire hike in a touch over 5 hours including stop time). It rained until I hit the junction, and the roots on the trail were so slick. The climb wasn't too brutal though. I met a man and his young daughter who were very nice to chat with, and a trio of excited Canadians as well. Nothing to write home about, a wet wet hike and not a favorite. No views due to fog. Headed over to Nye following this. " — kellieirene • Aug 31, 2016

"Enjoyed a great hike to Street and Nye in unbelievably warm November weather. The 8 mile RT hike is a gentle grade with only a few spots that might be considered steep. Great day with enough of the leaves down where the views were great as well/." — deb-and-rob • Nov 7, 2015

"Started off from the Loj at 8:30 in hopes of climbing Street/Nye took the path toward Mt Jo and instead of turning right for Jo, went straight to old Nye ski trail. The herd path begins here. Very easy to follow this route. After leaving the stream and heading up into higher ground you'll reach a plateau. Look for a cairn by a tree. Someone has carved "ST" with an arrow pointing left and "NY" pointing forward. Nye is just over two bumps. I arrived on the viewless NYE at 10:45. I doubled back and over to Street (11:15). Street seemed no more than .75 mile from the cairn and easy to follow the herd path. I headed back to the Loj. Very easy, very dry. Both peaks in less than five hours at a moderate pace." — johngilligan • Sep 1, 2015

"Our first herd path hike of the 46. Went up Nye, came back down to the split and did Street. No great views just needed to get it done as we continue on our quest for the 46er." — hbotc • Jul 25, 2015

"Enjoyed an incredible winter hike! Blue skies, no wind, solid trails and 20-30 degrees! On trail and moving by 9 am, trail was well broken out and solid. Both crossings were easy and the views the entire way were amazing. Even with all the sight seeing stops we were at the summit of Nye just after noon, spent 30 minutes exploring summit, on Street summit around 1:30, spent over an hour on summit - back at parking around 4:30. ~8.9 miles with 3000' gain. Excellent hike with perfect conditions. " — deb-and-rob • Jan 24, 2015

"After a rainy, muddy hike, and tearing a hole in my shirt after it got caught on a branch. We got to the top for an awful view. I heard it is better when it is clear but it was very wet and cloudy so we couldn't see anything. Not one of my more favorite high peaks." — petergnade46 • Jul 15, 2014

"Weather was a little sketchy with freezing rain and snow the night before made for some crunchy, slippery trails. But snow shoes held up just fine. My buddy Dom's first time out snow shoeing. Caught a few nice views in between the passing snow showers, but we were socked in pretty good at the summit. Bagged Nye afterwards. All in all a good day out on the trail. " — MooseHiker • Feb 22, 2014

"14th ADK Peak! Following our ascent of Nye, we quickly moved on to ascent Street. Street was similar to Nye, and quite a bit of work had been done to help clear the trail. While we did need to step over or under blowdown from time to time, a clear herd path defined the trail. Although Street and Nye are unmarked or unmaintained, we did not have a concern of "losing our way" on either trail. Street appears to be about twice as far from the trail junction as Nye (which was only about a 10 minute hike to the summit). Like Nye, Street's summit is wooded and viewless. A tree has been carved to indicate the summit area. A lookout area can be found a short walk from the summit. We returned via the same route we had ascended, discussing our plans to climb a few more peaks the following day. Highlights: views on short path following summit, ease of finding summit/following herd path, navigating blowdown, Finishing 1st 2 unmaintained, unmarked peaks." — elizabethsweet • Jul 14, 2012

"Five of us met up with two other hikers doing Street and Nye. Together we broke trail all the way to the summit of Street and searched for quite awhile for the canister. It was buried under a sea of white. No time for Nye this day." — Nimblefoot • Jan 2, 1998

"Trip to ADK's Trails Cabin. We joined fellow winter school instructors for a climb of Street and Nye in some super deep snow. After breaking trail to and searching for Street's canister under the snow we didn't have enough daylight for Nye." — Nimblefoot • Mar 19, 1993

" solo from ADK Loj. Cathy Kohler was waiting anxiously to make sure I made it out okay. Made good time climbing both Nye and Street. Multiple herdpaths confusing as I was forewarned, but I found route okay, including most used path from Nye to Street. No views on Nye and overlooked those on Street. When I told Grace Hudowalski in my trip report that Street had no views, she corrected me with two results: 1) I made sure I went past the canister onto the ledge on my future climbs of Street and 2) I correct climbers who tell me that Street has no views in their trip reports to me as their 46er correspondent." — barbaratraver • Jul 7, 1986