Alaska
Alyeska
Girdwood, at the base, was rebuilt 2.5 miles up the valley after the 1964 earthquake put the original site below high tide.
$63
Original pen plot · signed · no two identical
Ink & paper: Arctic Blue
Size: 12×18"
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+ Details
- 12 × 18 inches
- Drawn on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton paper
- Precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, protected, ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. Mechanical precision, plus the texture and small imperfections of real ink on paper.
+ About this map
The town at the base of Alyeska is 2.5 miles from where it started. The magnitude-9.2 Good Friday earthquake of March 27, 1964 dropped the land under the original Girdwood townsite by almost 2 meters, which put much of the town below high tide, so Girdwood was rebuilt up the valley. Seawater killed the trees at the old site but left them standing, and the ghost forest of dead trunks is still visible along Turnagain Arm. Above all of it rises Alaska’s largest ski area, with 2,500 feet of vertical drop, a deep sub-arctic snowpack, and views of the Chugach Mountains.
+ Site data
- Location
- Alyeska
- Region
- Alaska
- Elevation
- 3,939 ft / 1,201 m
- Coordinates
- 60.9706N 149.0983W
- Type
- ski resort
- Notes
- Est. 1959. 76 trails
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