Mount Lindsey
Mount Lindsey | |
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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°WCoordinates: 37°35′05″N 105°26′27″W / 37.5847273°N 105.4408433°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 | 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 , 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[]
See also[]
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of Colorado fourteeners
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Mount Lindsey includes an adjustment of +1.691 m (+5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Mount Lindsey, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Mount Lindsey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Mountains of Colorado
- Mountains of Costilla County, Colorado
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- Fourteeners of Colorado
- North American 4000 m summits
- Colorado geography stubs