Colorado 14ers: Mount Lindsey
A stout 3,382-foot climb up scree-filled gullies ends with rewarding sights on this solitary Sangre de Cristo summit.
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-Mapped by Rick Simkins
Trail Facts
- Distance: 6.3
Waypoints
LIN001
Location: 37.6235656738281, -105.472930908203
Head S on Lily Lake Trail through grassy meadows surrounded by conifer forest; Blanca Peak’s pointed summit looms to the S
LIN002
Location: 37.6098937988281, -105.47331237793
Bear L @ Y, heading S on climber’s trail
LIN003
Location: 37.6093444824219, -105.473075866699
Rock hop across river, then continue S through forest
LIN004
Location: 37.6053619384766, -105.473045349121
Trail curves to the SE, skirting talus-covered slopes on the L
LIN005
Location: 37.6013679504394, -105.469680786133
Pass an old mine shaft; continue ascent of gully, following the stream
LIN006
Location: 37.5941848754883, -105.467674255371
Head SE across open basin toward the saddle connecting Iron Nipple and Mt. Lindsey
LIN007
Location: 37.5893821716309, -105.455711364746
Cross the Alamosa-Costilla county line and head SE along the saddle toward Mt. Lindsey; look SW down the ridge to find Blanca Peak
LIN008
Location: 37.5881004333496, -105.451965332031
Follow climber’s trail around the NW ridge to Lindsey’s N face; scramble up steep, scree-covered gullies toward the upper ridge
LIN009
Location: 37.5853424072266, -105.447052001953
Continue SE along the upper ridge to Lindsey’s pyramid-shaped summit
LIN010
Location: 37.5838203430176, -105.444801330566
Mt. Lindsey (14,042 ft.): Look out across barren, rocky ridgelines from Lindsey’s isolated summit; Ellingwood Point, Blanca Peak and Little Bear Peak can be seen to the SW
