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Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section)

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Drawn from the real elevation of Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section).
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Size 18×24″
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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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Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section) · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About this trail

Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section) covers 15.5 miles point to point in San Luis Valley. The route rises 2,300 feet in total, and its elevation spans 8,517 to 10,247 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 24 percent, against an average of 148 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Salida, 7 miles away.

The trail

Methodist Mountain is a mountain summit in the northern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,713-foot (3,570 m) peak is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by west (bearing 191°) of the City of Salida, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Questions about the Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section) print

What sizes does the Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section) 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 Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section) track.
How hard is Rainbow Trail: Bear Creek to Mears Junction (Methodist Mountain Section)?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band: 15.5 mi point to point with 2,300 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

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.