Mount Lindsey Explained

Mount Lindsey
Elevation Ft:14048
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:1542
Isolation Mi:2.26
Listing:Colorado Fourteener 43rd
Range:Sangre de Cristo Range,
Sierra Blanca Massif
Location:Costilla County, Colorado, U.S.
Map:Colorado
Label:Mount Lindsey
Coordinates:37.5847°N -105.4408°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Blanca Peak, Colorado
Easiest Route:Northwest Gully: Scramble, [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 14048feet fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, 17.4km (10.8miles) 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. In 1954, the name was changed to honor Malcolm Lindsey, a beloved chaperone for the Juniors of the Colorado Mountain Club in the 1940s.[7] Previously the mountain had been known as Old Baldy.

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Notes and References

  1. The elevation of Mount Lindsey includes an adjustment of +1.691 m (+5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 5918. Mount Lindsey, Colorado. October 21, 2014.
  3. 192730. Mount Lindsey. October 21, 2014.
  4. Web site: Mt. Lindsey Routes . 14ers.com .
  5. Web site: Roberts . Michael . Horrific Air Force Academy Bike Crash Nets $7.3M Verdict a Decade Later . 2023-12-19 . Westword . en.
  6. https://thenextsummit.org/mount-lindsey-closure-action-alert/
  7. https://spanishpeakscountry.com/mt-lindsey/