Mount Lindsey

Mount Lindsey
Mt. Lindsey as seen from U.S. Route 160.
Highest point
Elevation	14,053.2 ft (4,283.4 m)[1] NAPGD2022
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; -105.4408433[3]
Geography
Mount Lindsey Colorado
Location	Costilla County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Blanca Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest route	Northwest Gully: Scramble, class 3[4]

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 14,053.2-foot (4,283 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.^[2][3]

Mountain

In 1954, the name was changed to honor Malcolm Lindsey, a beloved chaperone for the Juniors of the Colorado Mountain Club in the 1940s.^[5] Previously the mountain had been known as Old Baldy.

Historical names

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

See also

• North America portal
• United States portal
• Colorado portal
• Mountains portal

• List of mountain peaks of Colorado
  • List of Colorado fourteeners

References

1. Ahlgren, Kevin; Van Westrum, Derek; Shaw, Brian (April 2024). "Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques". Journal of Geodesy. 98 29. doi:10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8.
2. "Mount Lindsey, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
3. "Mount Lindsey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
4. "Mt. Lindsey Routes". 14ers.com.
5. "Mt. Lindsey". January 9, 2024.

External links

• "Mount Lindsey". 14ers.com.
• www.mountlindseywaiver.com.