Colorado
Challenger Point
A pen-plotted topographic map of Challenger Point in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado, drawn from real elevation contour data.
Named in 1987 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger; western summit of the Kit Carson massif. 14,087 feet above sea level.
$54
Ink & paper: Blue
Size: 12×18"
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- 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.
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Challenger Point rises to 14,087 feet in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range, the western summit of the Kit Carson massif above the town of Crestone. It was named in 1987 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and it is usually climbed together with Kit Carson Peak from the Willow Lake basin on the north side. A plaque at the summit marks the dedication.
This map traces one flank of a single great mountain. The contour lines rise from the glacial basin of Willow Lake in dense, steep bands to the summit, then continue east along the connecting ridge to Kit Carson, with the highest ground on the sheet belonging to Crestone Peak in the corner. The sharp asymmetry of the massif is clear, with tight lines on the north and long ridgelines dropping away to the south. The map covers roughly 10,000 to 14,300 feet.
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- Challenger Point
- Colorado
- United States
- Sangre de Cristo Range
- Sangre de Cristo Range
- 14,087 ft / 4,294 m
- 37.9804N 105.6066W
- Mountain topographic map
- Original pen plot, archival ink on cotton paper
- 8 × 12 in · 12 × 18 in · 18 × 24 in
- Named in 1987 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger; western summit of the Kit Carson massif
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