Mount Lindsey
Mountain in Colorado, United States
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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]
Prominence1,542 ft (470 m)[2]
| 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[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] |
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.
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