Baldy Cinco, Mountain peak in Hinsdale and Mineral counties, Colorado.
Baldy Cinco is a thirteener rising to 13,379 feet (4,078 m) on the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains, within Hinsdale and Mineral counties. Its slopes fall into the Rio Grande National Forest, the La Garita Wilderness, and the Gunnison National Forest. The peak stands just north of Snow Mesa and east northeast of Spring Creek Pass.
The name "baldy cinco" first referred to five summits in the east-central San Juan Mountains collectively; over time it attached to this one peak. Climbers have confused another of the group for Baldy Cinco, and some sources call that summit "Baldy No Es Cinco."
The name "baldy cinco" originally referred to five summits in the east-central San Juan Mountains collectively; over time it attached to this single peak. Some climbers confused another summit for Baldy Cinco, calling it "Baldy No Es Cinco." The peak appears in profile from Colorado State Highway 149 on the south ascent to Slumgullion Summit, where a road sign points to it.
Access begins from Spring Creek Pass at 10,900 feet elevation via Colorado Highway 149, with parking available at the trailhead and vault toilet facilities for visitors.
The peak's position along the Continental Divide creates a natural boundary where water systems separate to flow toward either the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean watersheds.
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