Need input planning next years HP hikes please

Hi,

Trying to get my head around some hiking next year.

Other priorities for holidays, so we're not going to get our week in the Adirondacks.

So looking at just 3 w/e trips:

• Mother's day w/e (secret season, post snow/ice, pre bugs/crowds)
• First w/e in August (Canadian holiday Monday)
• w/e after Columbus Day (end of season, avoid Columbus day crowds)

Hikes:

• Grace, South Dix, Macomb - Traverse from 73 to Elk lake, up Great Slide, down Macomb slide
• Pyramid, Gothics, Armstrong, UWJ - Two nights at JBL lean-to to reduce mileage. Up Cable route, return Wolf Jaw trail
• Colden - Up through Avalanche Pass, return Lake Arnold

Here's where I'm at.

Camping with family so May or Oct could be cold in a lean-to. So I'm thinking Aug for the Gothics hike. Means we'll need mosquito netting but better than cold.

Need 2 cars for the lower Dix traverse. At this point the only w/e we have friends joining us is Oct.

So I guess that leaves Colden for May.

I appreciate that it's a crap shoot but is the Colden hike a good candidate for mid May? Or is one of the others more likely to be ice free?

Mid October can possibly have ice as well but the last 2 years the post Columbus w/e has been very mild. We're not prepared/qualified for ice so we won't go if things are dicey.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
AP