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Goldsteig Topographic print
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N16, Großer Falkenstein to Rachel

Goldsteig

$59
16.4 mi point to point · 1,962 ft of climbing · Bavarian Forest National Park. Drawn from this trail's real elevation data, printed to order.
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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Goldsteig · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Goldsteig trail

Spanning 16.4 miles in Bavarian Forest National Park, Goldsteig (N16, Großer Falkenstein to Rachel) climbs 1,962 feet in total, from a low of 3,226 feet to a high of 4,518 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 24 percent, against an average of 120 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Zwiesel, about 7.3 miles away.

The trail

The Großer Rachel or Great Rachel is a mountain, 1,452 m above sea level (NHN); it is the second highest summit in the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest after the Großer Arber and the highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest National Park. Together with the Kleiner Rachel or Little Rachel, 900 metres to the northwest, it forms the mountain of Rachel (Czech: Roklan).

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • Seeblickmi 0.0
  • Lindberger Schachtenmi 8.3
  • Scheuereckbergmi 11.6
  • Eisquellemi 14.0
  • Großer Falkensteinmi 16.4

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

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Questions about the Goldsteig print

What sizes does the Goldsteig 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 Goldsteig track.
How hard is Goldsteig?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band: 16.4 mi point to point with 1,962 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 and place names 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.