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Welch Ridge Trail

$59
Drawn from the real elevation of Welch Ridge Trail.
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.

Welch Ridge Trail · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Welch Ridge Trail trail

At 6.8 miles with 800 feet of elevation gain, Welch Ridge Trail runs point to point through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, from 4,479 feet at its lowest to 5,443 feet at its highest. The steepest pitch reaches 20 percent, against an average of 118 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band. The nearest town is Pigeon Forge, 16 miles away.

The area

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains and part of the Appalachian temperate rainforest, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • Mule Gapmi 1.4
  • Mount Glorymi 5.0
  • Hawk Knobmi 5.2
  • Water Oak Gapmi 5.9
  • Bearwallow Baldmi 6.2

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

Questions about the Welch Ridge Trail print

What sizes does the Welch Ridge Trail 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 Welch Ridge Trail track.
How hard is Welch Ridge Trail?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the moderately strenuous band: 6.8 mi point to point with 800 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

Place names along the route: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. 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.