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Chemin du Montenvers Topographic print
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Chemin du Montenvers

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Drawn from the real elevation of Chemin du Montenvers.
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.
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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

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Chemin du Montenvers · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Chemin du Montenvers trail

At 2.6 miles with 2,226 feet of elevation gain, Chemin du Montenvers runs out and back through France, from 3,977 feet at its lowest to 6,239 feet at its highest. The steepest pitch reaches 31 percent, against an average of 856 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band. The nearest town is Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 2 miles away.

The trail

The Montenvers Railway or Chemin de fer du Montenvers (French pronunciation: [ʃəmɛ̃ d(ə) fɛʁ dy mɔ̃tɑ̃vɛʁ]) is an alpine rack railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. It runs from Chamonix-Montenvers station in the valley in Chamonix (providing a connection with the SNCF service at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station nearby) to Montenvers-Mer de Glace station near the Mer de Glace, at an altitude of 1,913 m (6,276 ft).

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions about the Chemin du Montenvers print

What sizes does the Chemin du Montenvers 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 Chemin du Montenvers track.
How hard is Chemin du Montenvers?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band: 2.6 mi one way with 2,226 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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Trail geometry for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data. 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.