California
Mount Whitney
$60
Color — Blue
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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 Whitney reaches 14,505 feet at the crest of the Sierra Nevada, the highest summit in the contiguous United States. It sits at the eastern edge of the range, where the Sierra escarpment drops over 10,000 feet in fewer than fifteen miles to the floor of the Owens Valley, one of the greatest elevation gradients in North America. The peak is the terminus of the John Muir Trail and the endpoint of a 211-mile traverse from Yosemite Valley.
This map traces the dramatic asymmetry of the Sierra crest. The western slopes descend gradually through high alpine basins and lake-studded granite plateaus, the contour lines spreading wide. The eastern face is a different mountain entirely. The lines compress to near-vertical density, revealing the sheer granite needles and deep couloirs that define the Whitney massif. The contrast between the two sides captures the fundamental tectonic story of the Sierra: a gentle westward tilt and a precipitous eastern fault scarp.
Location Details
Location
Mount Whitney
Range
Sierra Nevada
Region
Sierra Nevada
Elevation
14,505 ft / 4,421 m
Coordinates
36.5786, -118.2920
Type
peak
Highest peak in the contiguous United States
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