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Black Bear Road Topographic print
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Custom topographic print

Black Bear Road

$59
Drawn from the real elevation of Black Bear Road.
StyleTopographic
Available in 10 styles: Horizon, Topographic, Blueprint, Type Fill, Ridgeline, Ridge, Peak, Summit, Dot Grid, Risograph
Size 18×24″
Print only, rolled in a tube. Fits a standard 18×24″ frame.
Free US shipping · Made to order · at your door in 5 to 10 business days
The print

Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.

Shipping & returns

Printed in 2 to 5 business days, then 3 to 5 in transit within the US, rolled in a sturdy tube. Free US shipping; outside the US, shipping is calculated at checkout. 14-day reprint-or-refund guarantee, any reason, no return shipping. You have 1 hour after checkout to change trail, style or size, just reply to your confirmation email. Full returns policy.

Black Bear Road · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Black Bear Road trail

Black Bear Road (Southwest Rockies) is a 7.5-mile point-to-point route with 2,569 feet of gain. Elevation ranges from 10,349 feet to 12,827 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 38 percent, against an average of 343 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the strenuous band.

The trail

Black Bear Road or Black Bear Pass, and officially Forest Service Road 648, is a dirt road that starts from the 11,018-foot (3,358 m) summit of Red Mountain Pass on U.S. Highway 550 (between Ouray and Silverton) to Telluride, Colorado. The road crests at Black Bear Pass, elevation 12,840 feet (3,910 m), and descends over a set of switchbacks as it navigates the heights above Telluride.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • The Stepsmi 1.0
  • Black Bear Passmi 4.3

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

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Questions about the Black Bear Road print

What sizes does the Black Bear Road poster come in?
4 sizes: 12×16″ $39, 18×24″ $59, 24×32″ $79, 30×40″ $99. Every size is printed natively at 300 DPI, from $39.
Is this made from real elevation data?
Yes. The contours and elevation profile are drawn from USGS 3DEP and AWS Terrain Tiles sampled along the actual Black Bear Road track.
How hard is Black Bear Road?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the strenuous band: 7.5 mi point to point with 2,569 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.
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Place names along the route: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.