Baldy Mountain (official name), Baldy Peak, Mount Baldy, or Old Baldy is the highest peak in the
Cimarron Range, a subrange of the
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
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. It is located in
Colfax County, about northeast of
Eagle Nest. It rises abruptly, with of vertical relief (in 3 miles/4.8 km), from the Moreno Valley to the west and has a total elevation of .
Philmont Scout Ranch
Baldy Mountain lies on the northwestern border of the
Boy Scouts of America
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Philmont Scout Ranch
Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, near the village of Cimarron; it covers of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east side of the Cimarron Range of the Rocky Mountains. Donated by oil baro ...
. The valleys on the eastern side of the peak are home to some of the many small camps that are scattered throughout the Ranch. Four wheel drive roads and a radio tower exist high on the western slopes. In 1963
Norton Clapp bought around the mountain and donated it to the
Boy Scouts of America
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Mining
Copper, gold, and silver were mined in the
Baldy Mining District starting in 1866, and the top of Baldy Mountain was developed as the Mystic Lode copper mine.
Other mines near Baldy Mountain were the Aztec,
French Henry mine, Bull-of-the-Woods, Homestake, Black Horse, and Montezuma mines.
Mine workings and prospects are still evident on the slopes of the mountain as well. There are about of mines in the whole mountain.
Gallery
Philmont Scout Ranch Baldy Mountain summit ridge.jpg, Baldy Summit Ridge
Baldy from Copper Park.jpg, Baldy Mountain from Copper Park, Philmont Scout Ranch
Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, near the village of Cimarron; it covers of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east side of the Cimarron Range of the Rocky Mountains. Donated by oil baro ...
Baldy from Wilson Mesa.JPG, Baldy Mountain from Wilson Mesa
Mountbaldy.jpg, Viewing the southern face of Mount Baldy
See also
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Tooth of Time
The Tooth of Time is a geological feature on the Philmont Scout Ranch located southwest of Cimarron, New Mexico, United States, and is one of Philmont's most popular sights. It is an igneous intrusion of dacite Porphyry (geology), porphyry for ...
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Mount Phillips (New Mexico)
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List of peaks named Baldy
There are a number of peaks named Baldy:
Canada
*Baldy Mountain (Manitoba), ,
*Big Baldy Mountain (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
Big Baldy Mountain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located west of Gold River ...
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Cimarron Range
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Culebra Range
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4000 meter peaks of the United States
The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence.This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topograph ...
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Geography and ecology of Philmont Scout Ranch
Philmont Scout Ranch is located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico. Philmont is about across (east to west) at its widest point, and about long (north to south). The southern part of the ranch is mostly grassl ...
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References
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Baldy Mountain
There are a number of peaks named Baldy:
Canada
*Baldy Mountain (Manitoba), ,
*Big Baldy Mountain (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
Big Baldy Mountain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located west of Gold River ...
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Landforms of Colfax County, New Mexico
Philmont Scout Ranch
Mountains of Colfax County, New Mexico