Colorado
Mount Elbert
$60
Color — Green
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Details
- 12 × 18 inches
- Printed on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton rag paper
- Drawn using precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, carefully protected and ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. The result merges mechanical precision with the organic texture and imperfections of real ink on paper.
Mount Elbert stands at 14,440 feet, the highest peak in the entire Rocky Mountain chain and the highest point in Colorado. It anchors the Sawatch Range, a long spine of broad-shouldered fourteeners that forms the backbone of the central Rockies. Despite being the tallest, Elbert is not the most dramatic. Its massive, rounded ridgeline spreads wide rather than rising to a sharp point, a shape that can deceive climbers into underestimating the mountain’s scale.
This map reveals the true dimensions of that deception. The contour lines show a peak of enormous girth, with long, gradually steepening ridges that extend for miles in every direction. The upper mountain rises above treeline in sweeping alpine tundra, while the flanks are cut by drainage basins that feed into both the Arkansas River to the east and Halfmoon Creek to the north. The Continental Divide passes just miles to the west.
Location Details
Location
Mount Elbert
Range
Rocky Mountains
Region
Rocky Mountains
Elevation
14,440 ft / 4,401 m
Coordinates
39.1178, -106.4453
Type
peak
Highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the highest summit in Colorado
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