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Route du Col de Cou

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Drawn from the real elevation of Route du Col de Cou.
StyleTopographic
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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Route du Col de Cou · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Route du Col de Cou trail

Route du Col de Cou is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Switzerland, climbing 1,821 feet between 4,421 and 6,257 feet above sea level. The steepest pitch reaches 29 percent, against an average of 587 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band. The nearest town is Monthey, 11 miles away.

The trail

The Col de Cou (also spelled Col de Coux) (1,921 m) is a high mountain pass of the Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It connects Champéry in the Swiss canton of Valais to Morzine in the French department of Haute-Savoie.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Questions about the Route du Col de Cou print

What sizes does the Route du Col de Cou 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 Route du Col de Cou track.
How hard is Route du Col de Cou?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band: 3.1 mi one way with 1,821 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

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.