Baldy Mountain: The Gold Peak That Became Philmont's Crown
Yes — it is the same mountain. The Baldy Mountain that looms over the old Maxwell Land Grant stories is the very peak that Scouts today know as Mt Baldy, the highest point of Philmont Scout Ranch. At 12,441 feet, Baldy is the tallest summit in the Cimarron Range, rising some 3,640 feet straight out of the Moreno Valley about six miles northeast of Eagle Nest — close enough to Red River that its bare, treeless crown is part of the skyline this whole valley lives under.