birdhead - Aug 20, 2021 9:48 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2021
NW Ridge
The Huerfano Valley is a beautiful area. The trailhead is very remote but there are some good camping spots nearby. The NW ridge was fun, with mostly solid rock and some good exposure at the headwall - we took the direct class 4 line. The chute route looked like bad news. Awesome views of Blanca from the summit!
hokiehead - Jul 6, 2020 9:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2020
Three decent rock slides triggered unintentionally by climbers. The gully is legit Class 3 and challenges are compounded by crowding and loose shite everywhere. Not hard but a bit nerve wracking. Don’t bother ascending gully.
jeffrawn - Jan 12, 2020 8:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2019
Wonderful, Fun Climb
Via NW Ridge. Loved this mountain.
eli.boardman - Dec 27, 2018 12:07 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2017
Solo ridge scrambling
Northwest ridge was fun scramble
Wheelbarrow - Feb 6, 2018 12:07 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2017
#30
Nice rest day ;) Huerfano Valley is a definite highlight of the hiking the 14ers offered me. Be careful of the gumbys that dislodge rocks and don't warn climbers below. [on Northwest Gully]
yadahzoemtn - Jan 26, 2018 9:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2017
Dodging the rain
Got off route. Don't try the Class two scree. Stay on the Class three ridge.
Onager - Aug 27, 2017 12:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2017
NW Ridge
Climbed the NW Ridge with Kieva & Johanna!
Moogie737 - Jul 9, 2017 11:48 am Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2017
Standard route to gully, then a free-for all
#1 7-7-17 With Lana. From the Lily Lake TH. The gully route was still holding some icy snow; we took the rocks to the right of the gully and have forever rued the fact that we didn't take the Class 3 ridge all the way up and down. Live and learn. We made it. And we enjoyed the summit all to ourselves. 14er number 40 for both of us. Made it to 12,500' before the heavens opened, the lightning flashed, the thunder rolled and we slogged out in a state of heavy wetness the final 1.3 miles to the waiting 4Runner.
climber46 - Oct 24, 2016 7:42 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
Off-route a bit on the ascent
Climbed Mt. Lindsey via the standard route in 2009. My friend and I got off-route a bit which led to some of the more scary scrambling I have ever done. We gained the ridge and it mellowed out and we reached the summit 4 hours after leaving the car. We descended via the coulior which was intimidating due to all the loose rocks. The hike out was easy after this part.
I got lost in the woods for a half hour. Otherwise I did the NW ridge up and down. Did the class 4 variation on the crux wall
ericd - Jun 21, 2015 12:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
Short hike, long drive
6hrs up, 4hrs down, 8-miles roundtrip, on this beautiful bluebird day but after a 20-mile bumpy drive to the end of the road trailhead at 10,700'.
Trail became an instant favorite hike through a spectacular forest, gentle flatlands, followed by a serious 1000' rise along the Huerfano river source, past a mine, and into an expansive basin. After a soft dirt climb to the first saddle, then a short traverse across a boulder field to the second saddle, the 1400' of rock scrambling began.
Looking at the snow coulier and ridge, my climbing partner MissH and I joined up on Lindsey's NW Ridge as we chose this express route straight up. FYI: Good rock compared with say mountains on the Elk range makes negotiating the steep crux not so bad and we climbed slightly left of the headwall. Class 4 in some places due to ice and exposure. False summit preps the peak less than 10 mins away. Enjoy!
MissH - Jun 21, 2015 10:19 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
Last and only? day of Spring!
Summited via NW Ridge with Eric_d. Lost trail a few times due to snow-patches resulting in route finding. Had trouble keeping the ridge to a class 3 in some places due to the lingering snow/ice. The scary spots were worth the views and scrambling fun but only in hindsight! The unintentional chest-high dip into Huerfano River near the end of the hike was, at a minimum, refreshing.
McCannster - May 18, 2015 1:28 pm Date Climbed: May 17, 2015
N. Face Snow Climb
Did the North Face Gully, maybe about 45 degree snow at the top. The following summit ridge was great. Fun climb overall, windy. Snow from about 1 mile below the TH. 12.5 miles rt, almost 13 hours ctc.
Alan Ellis - Sep 16, 2014 2:13 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2014
Pretty hike in. Foggy Morning. The NW Ridge is fun climbing with a short eye opening section. We descended the colour which just sucked..
technicolorNH - Aug 28, 2014 9:41 am Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2014
You don't get to see the summit until you are almost on top of it
Four hours and forty minutes up from the lower trailhead and four hours back down. The couloir was a lot of fun but the only other person on the summit that day (Craig R. from Terre Haute IN) did give me worthwhile advice on the route. The rain started pouring down when I was descending on the saddle so I declined to climb Iron Nipple or Huerfano Peak.
BKiser90 - Jul 9, 2024 6:27 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2024
FinishedFinisher.
birdhead - Aug 20, 2021 9:48 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2021
NW RidgeThe Huerfano Valley is a beautiful area. The trailhead is very remote but there are some good camping spots nearby. The NW ridge was fun, with mostly solid rock and some good exposure at the headwall - we took the direct class 4 line. The chute route looked like bad news. Awesome views of Blanca from the summit!
hokiehead - Jul 6, 2020 9:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2020
Mt. Lindsey - NW Ridgew/ Kayla
BradBartick - Jul 3, 2020 4:37 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2020
As loose as a cleft backdoorThree decent rock slides triggered unintentionally by climbers. The gully is legit Class 3 and challenges are compounded by crowding and loose shite everywhere. Not hard but a bit nerve wracking. Don’t bother ascending gully.
mickeyCs - Mar 27, 2020 7:19 pm
--2019
jeffrawn - Jan 12, 2020 8:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2019
Wonderful, Fun ClimbVia NW Ridge. Loved this mountain.
eli.boardman - Dec 27, 2018 12:07 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2017
Solo ridge scramblingNorthwest ridge was fun scramble
Wheelbarrow - Feb 6, 2018 12:07 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2017
#30Nice rest day ;) Huerfano Valley is a definite highlight of the hiking the 14ers offered me. Be careful of the gumbys that dislodge rocks and don't warn climbers below. [on Northwest Gully]
yadahzoemtn - Jan 26, 2018 9:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2017
Dodging the rainGot off route. Don't try the Class two scree. Stay on the Class three ridge.
Onager - Aug 27, 2017 12:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2017
NW RidgeClimbed the NW Ridge with Kieva & Johanna!
Moogie737 - Jul 9, 2017 11:48 am Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2017
Standard route to gully, then a free-for all#1 7-7-17 With Lana. From the Lily Lake TH. The gully route was still holding some icy snow; we took the rocks to the right of the gully and have forever rued the fact that we didn't take the Class 3 ridge all the way up and down. Live and learn. We made it. And we enjoyed the summit all to ourselves. 14er number 40 for both of us. Made it to 12,500' before the heavens opened, the lightning flashed, the thunder rolled and we slogged out in a state of heavy wetness the final 1.3 miles to the waiting 4Runner.
climber46 - Oct 24, 2016 7:42 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
Off-route a bit on the ascentClimbed Mt. Lindsey via the standard route in 2009. My friend and I got off-route a bit which led to some of the more scary scrambling I have ever done. We gained the ridge and it mellowed out and we reached the summit 4 hours after leaving the car. We descended via the coulior which was intimidating due to all the loose rocks. The hike out was easy after this part.
utclimber - Oct 16, 2016 5:31 pm
Lindsey and HuerfanoNice hike.
xDoogiex - Sep 19, 2016 9:16 pm Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2016
NW ridge funI got lost in the woods for a half hour. Otherwise I did the NW ridge up and down. Did the class 4 variation on the crux wall
ericd - Jun 21, 2015 12:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
Short hike, long drive6hrs up, 4hrs down, 8-miles roundtrip, on this beautiful bluebird day but after a 20-mile bumpy drive to the end of the road trailhead at 10,700'.
Trail became an instant favorite hike through a spectacular forest, gentle flatlands, followed by a serious 1000' rise along the Huerfano river source, past a mine, and into an expansive basin. After a soft dirt climb to the first saddle, then a short traverse across a boulder field to the second saddle, the 1400' of rock scrambling began.
Looking at the snow coulier and ridge, my climbing partner MissH and I joined up on Lindsey's NW Ridge as we chose this express route straight up. FYI: Good rock compared with say mountains on the Elk range makes negotiating the steep crux not so bad and we climbed slightly left of the headwall. Class 4 in some places due to ice and exposure. False summit preps the peak less than 10 mins away. Enjoy!
MissH - Jun 21, 2015 10:19 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
Last and only? day of Spring!Summited via NW Ridge with Eric_d. Lost trail a few times due to snow-patches resulting in route finding. Had trouble keeping the ridge to a class 3 in some places due to the lingering snow/ice. The scary spots were worth the views and scrambling fun but only in hindsight! The unintentional chest-high dip into Huerfano River near the end of the hike was, at a minimum, refreshing.
McCannster - May 18, 2015 1:28 pm Date Climbed: May 17, 2015
N. Face Snow ClimbDid the North Face Gully, maybe about 45 degree snow at the top. The following summit ridge was great. Fun climb overall, windy. Snow from about 1 mile below the TH. 12.5 miles rt, almost 13 hours ctc.
Alan Ellis - Sep 16, 2014 2:13 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2014
Perfect day...Fairly easy day. Perfect weather.
Hyadventure - Sep 2, 2014 9:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2014
NW RidgePretty hike in. Foggy Morning. The NW Ridge is fun climbing with a short eye opening section. We descended the colour which just sucked..
technicolorNH - Aug 28, 2014 9:41 am Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2014
You don't get to see the summit until you are almost on top of itFour hours and forty minutes up from the lower trailhead and four hours back down. The couloir was a lot of fun but the only other person on the summit that day (Craig R. from Terre Haute IN) did give me worthwhile advice on the route. The rain started pouring down when I was descending on the saddle so I declined to climb Iron Nipple or Huerfano Peak.