Mount Lindsey

Mount Lindsey
Mt. Lindsey as seen from U.S. Route 160.
Highest point
Elevation 14,048 ft (4,282 m) [1][2]
Prominence 1,542 ft (470 m) [2]
Isolation 2.26 mi (3.64 km) [2]
Listing Colorado Fourteener 43rd
Coordinates 37°35′05″N 105°26′27″W / 37.5847273°N 105.4408433°W / 37.5847273; -105.4408433Coordinates: 37°35′05″N 105°26′27″W / 37.5847273°N 105.4408433°W / 37.5847273; -105.4408433 [3]
Geography
Mount Lindsey
Colorado
Location Costilla County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range,
Sierra Blanca Massif[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Blanca Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 2/3

Mount Lindsey is a high mountain summit on the Sierra Blanca Massif in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,048-foot (4,282 m) fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) north (bearing 358°) of the community of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3]

Mountain

The summit and most of the southern flank of the mountain are privately held, but access to the summit is allowed. In 1954, the name was changed to honor Malcolm Lindsey, a beloved chaperone for the Juniors of the Colorado Mountain Club in the 1940s.[3] Previously the mountain had been known as Old Baldy.[3]

Historical names

  • Baldy
  • Mount Lindsey – 1954 [3]
  • Old Baldy
  • Old Baldy Peak – 1906 [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Lindsey includes an adjustment of +1.691 m (+5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Lindsey, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Mount Lindsey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
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