Mount Lindsey
Mt. Lindsey as seen from U.S. Route 160.
Highest point
Elevation14,048 ft (4,282 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,542 ft (470 m)[2]
Isolation2.26 mi (3.64 km)[2]
ListingColorado Fourteener 43rd
Coordinates37°35′05″N 105°26′27″W / 37.5847273°N 105.4408433°W / 37.5847273; -105.4408433[3]
Geography
Mount Lindsey is located in Colorado
Mount Lindsey
Mount Lindsey
Colorado
LocationCostilla County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSangre de Cristo Range,
Sierra Blanca Massif[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Blanca Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeNorthwest 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]

Mountain

The summit and most of the southern flank of the mountain are privately held. After an injured cyclist won a verdict against the Air Force Academy for $7.3 Million,[5] the owners closed the summit to public access.[6] The owners have promised to reopen the summit once the Colorado Legislature closes the gap in the Colorado Recreational Use Statute that permits landowner liability when the landowner fails to warn about known dangers.[7] In 1954, the name was changed to honor Malcolm Lindsey, a beloved chaperone for the Juniors of the Colorado Mountain Club in the 1940s.[8] 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

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Lindsey includes an adjustment of +1.691 m (+5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Lindsey, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. ↑ Roberts, Michael. "Horrific Air Force Academy Bike Crash Nets $7.3M Verdict a Decade Later". Westword. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. ↑ https://thenextsummit.org/mount-lindsey-closure-action-alert/
  7. ↑ https://thenextsummit.org/mount-lindsey-closure-action-alert/
  8. ↑ https://spanishpeakscountry.com/mt-lindsey/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.