Mount Baldy, Indiana

Mount Baldy, Indiana

With Mount Tom, Mount Baldy is one of the two summits of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, in Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan. It's a grand total of 126 feet above Lake Michigan. Mount Baldy is moving inland at a rate of about four feet a year. This movement has obliterated the short, southern route to the summit. The southern route is now unsafe for all techniques (you can't place pro in a sand dune, folks). There's a west route that's an easy Class 1 walkup, and you emerge behind the dune in this picture. With a boat, you can also anchor, wade ashore, and summit the north face shown here. Since there's no marked trail, I suppose it might be an easy Class 2 walkup. On a windy day, paragliding is a popular means of descent. Photo taken September 2007.
Arthur Digbee
on Oct 23, 2007 4:07 pm
Image Type(s): Informational,  Scenery
Image ID: 350238

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