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

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

References

External links

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

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