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Ascent of Mount Lindsey on 2008-09-25

Climber: Patrick Lilly

Others in Party:

Trisha Conlon

Date:

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Mount Lindsey

Location:

USA-Colorado

Elevation:

14042 ft / 4280 m

Ascent Trip Report

Did this one with Trisha from the standard Huerfano River/Lily Lake trailhead. For the second time, we attempted the NW ridge route, but turned back just short of the crux headwall. We retreated, and descended the north face to pick up the couloir route. We exited the couloir 2/3 of the way up, at a small saddle, and made a direct scramble back to the ridge just NW of the false summit. From there, it was a fairly easy ridge walk over the false summit and on to the true summit. We took the full length of the couloir on the descent. The weather was gorgeous apart from a bit of breeze, and we were the only ones on the mountain that day. The register had been placed in July, and contained about 200 named, including Kirk Mallory. Fourteener #41 for me, #39 for Trisha.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

3782 ft / 1152 m

Elevation Loss:

3782 ft / 1152 m

Distance:

8.5 mi / 13.7 km

Grade/Class:

YDS4

Quality:

7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Stream Ford, Scramble, Exposed Scramble

Weather:

Pleasant, Breezy, Clear

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

3682 ft / 1122 m

Extra Loss:

300 ft / 91 m

Distance:

4.5 mi / 7.2 km

Route:

NW ridge, north face couloir

Trailhead:

Huerfano River TH 10660 ft / 3249 m

Time Up:

6 Hours

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

3482 ft / 1061 m

Extra Gain:

100 ft / 30 m

Distance:

4 mi / 6.4 km

Route:

north face couloir

Trailhead:

Huerfano River TH 10660 ft / 3249 m

Time Down:

5 Hours

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