Mount Lindsey

The route starts and ends at the Lily Lake/Huerfano trailhead, climbing Mount Lindsey's summit ridge and returning the same corridor. From the trailhead, follow the Lily Lake Trail south through a meadow for 1 mile to a junction signed for Lily Lake and stay left. In another 0.1 miles, ford Huerfano Creek on rocks or logs, then pass a boulder field on the left near 10,800 feet. Climb 600 vertical feet along a shallow drainage on the right before re-entering trees. Reach timberline around 12,000 feet, 3 miles in. Drop about 100 feet left into the basin between Mount Lindsey and the Blanca Massif, then follow the trail southeast past benches at 12,200 and 13,000 feet to the 13,200-foot saddle between Iron Nipple and Mount Lindsey. Go right along the saddle. The ridge above runs mostly class 2–3 without hands. Crux: About 15 minutes past the saddle, the ridge narrows at the route's crux: a 50-vertical-foot wall visible from the saddle below that looks steeper than it climbs. Bypass it on the left side on a class 3 line around the wall, or take the wide crack straight up for class 4 with more sustained exposure. A bypass exists on the right side too, but it's more exposed than the left and isn't the better option for most parties. Whichever line you take, top out onto class 2+ terrain, then follow it 0.1 miles to clear trail and the summit. Crux: The descent carries a second crux: rather than reversing the rock wall, drop into the gully west of the ridge. It's loose and rockfall-prone for 300 vertical feet of talus back to the saddle trail — move one at a time where the group is stacked below you, since footing here is looser than on the ascent line.

Prior to 1954, Mt. Lindsey was known as "Old Baldy." Its namesake was Malcolm Lindsey, a popular Colorado Club youth chaperone.