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9.9 mi one way · 4,252 ft of climbing · Rocky Mountain National Park

Watanga Lake

$59
Drawn from this trail's real elevation data, printed to order.
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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Watanga Lake · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Watanga Lake trail

The Watanga Lake route in Rocky Mountain National Park measures 9.9 miles and gains 4,252 feet, with a low point of 8,276 feet and a high point of 11,034 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 86 percent, against an average of 429 feet of gain per mile. The 9.9 miles is the one-way distance of the drawn route. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Estes Park, about 18 miles away.

The area

The Indian Peaks Wilderness is a 73,931 acre wilderness area in north central Colorado managed jointly by the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and small parts of the southern section of Rocky Mountain National Park. It includes over 50 lakes, 28 trails, and numerous glaciers.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Questions about the Watanga Lake print

What sizes does the Watanga Lake 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 Watanga Lake track.
How hard is Watanga Lake?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band: 9.9 mi one way with 4,252 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

Place names: GeoNames.org (CC BY 4.0). 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.