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Custom topographic print

Shira

$59
Drawn from the real elevation of Shira.
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.

Shipping & returns

Printed in 2 to 5 business days, then 3 to 5 in transit within the US, rolled in a sturdy tube. Free US shipping; outside the US, shipping is calculated at checkout. 14-day reprint-or-refund guarantee, any reason, no return shipping. You have 1 hour after checkout to change trail, style or size, just reply to your confirmation email. Full returns policy.

Shira · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Shira trail

Spanning 3.9 miles in Kilimanjaro National Park, Shira climbs 718 feet in total, from a low of 11,142 feet to a high of 11,923 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 11 percent, against an average of 184 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderate band. The nearest town is Oloitokitok, 19 miles away.

The area

Kilimanjaro National Park (Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Kilimanjaro, in Swahili) is a national park of Tanzania situated about 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the equator in the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, near the region of Moshi. The park includes the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and the surrounding montane forest belt above 1,820 metres (5,970 ft).

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • Kilimanjaro Starting Pointmi 0.0

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

Questions about the Shira print

What sizes does the Shira 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 Shira track.
How hard is Shira?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderate band: 3.9 mi one way with 718 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.