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Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace Topographic print
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Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace

$59
Drawn from the real elevation of Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace.
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.

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Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace trail

Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace (France) is a 3.2-mile out-and-back with 3,234 feet of gain. Elevation ranges from 6,063 feet to 8,877 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 64 percent, against an average of 1,011 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, 3 miles away.

The trail

The Mer de Glace (French pronunciation: [mɛʁ də ɡlas], lit. 'Sea of Ice') is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres (660 ft) deep, but when all its tributary glaciers are taken into account, it can be regarded as the longest and largest glacier in France, and the second longest in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions about the Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace print

What sizes does the Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace 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 Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace track.
How hard is Les Balcons de la Mer de Glace?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band: 3.2 mi one way with 3,234 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.