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; -105.4408433[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 14,048-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]

The summit and most of the southern flank of the mountain are privately held. All hikers are required to complete the Mt. Lindsey Waiver and Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk. The waiver can be accessed at www.mountlindseywaiver.com.

You are trespassing if you enter the property without executing and submitting the waiver, or if you deviate from the designated Mt. Lindsey access route as set forth in the Mt. Lindsey Waiver. An executed waiver is required for any individual accessing the Trinchera Blanca Ranch to hike Mount Lindsey, including minors. The Waiver Form for Minors needs to be filled out and signed by a guardian on behalf of the minor. Each minor must be accompanied by an adult who has signed the Waiver Form for Adults.

Access to this Property is for the sole purpose of recreational hiking from the access point to the summit of Mt. Lindsey along the designated access route. You may not access any other portion of the property and you may not use the property for any other purpose.

Mt. Lindsey trails and access routes are not maintained and are not supervised. All access is at your own risk. Do not attempt if you are not qualified and properly equipped.

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.

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

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

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

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