Mount Lindsey facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Lindsey
Mt. Lindsey as seen from U.S. Route 160.
Highest point
Elevation	14,048 ft (4,282 m)
Prominence	1,542 ft (470 m)
Isolation	2.26 mi (3.64 km)
Listing	Colorado Fourteener 43rd
Geography
Mount Lindsey Location in Colorado
Location	Costilla County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Blanca Peak, Colorado
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 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.

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. Previously the mountain had been known as Old Baldy.

Historical names

• Baldy
• Mount Lindsey – 1954
• Old Baldy
• Old Baldy Peak – 1906