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The Monarch Route Topographic print
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2.7 mi one way · 3,042 ft of climbing · Banff National Park

The Monarch Route

$59
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.

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The Monarch Route · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the The Monarch Route trail

The Monarch Route (Banff National Park) is a 2.7-mile one-way route with 3,042 feet of gain. Elevation ranges from 6,969 feet to 9,528 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 90 percent, against an average of 1,127 feet of gain per mile. The 2.7 miles is the one-way distance of the drawn route. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band. The nearest town is Banff, about 14 miles away.

The trail

The Monarch is a 2,895-metre (9, 498-foot) mountain summit located in the Ball Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. The Monarch is situated on the boundary between Kootenay National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, four kilometres to the west side of the Continental Divide.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • The Monarchmi 2.7

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

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Questions about the The Monarch Route print

What sizes does the The Monarch Route 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 The Monarch Route track.
How hard is The Monarch Route?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band: 2.7 mi one way with 3,042 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.