Quandary Peak, Colorado, USA, 1:100000 Explorer

I'll never forget my first fourteener. Well, not counting Mt. Evans - that was my Toyota's first fourteener. I summitted Quandary Peak in early June last year, walking across snow most of the way. Even though Quandary Peak is known as one of the easiest of Colorado's fourteeners, it was still a slog for my brother and I. Despite the snow, it was not cold and not windy, and the view from the summit was breathtaking: snow-capped peaks all around for a hundred miles.

If you have climbed or want to climb to Quandary Peak's 14272' summit (NAVD88), you may do it in the summer, when the mountain looks like this. And to commemorate the climb, order this model, the most accurate 3D map of the mountain made to date. Fresh LiDAR data from the USGS combined with recent rectified aerial photos went into making this hyper-accurate piece. The largest version, nearly 15" long, includes trees and car-sized rocks - an incredible amount of detail. I hope you enjoy this model, as well as get to experience the mountain in person.

The Explorer series of TinyMtn models is designed to break our usual impression of mountains. We generally see mountains one at a time, from a distance, and from the ground. While all TinyMtn models give you a fresh perspective on any one peak, the Explorer series presents mountains in identical scale, and shifted up so that sea level is at the bottom of the base. Thus, when you set two Explorer models next to each other, you will immediately notice which is taller, which rises more from its base, which is more massive, and so on. Plus, all Explorer models come in full color, making them just that much more realistic.

Model scale is 1:100000
Model measures 2.2" x 0.99" x 1.71" (5.7 x 2.5 x 4.3 cm)
Original area is approximately 3.5 by 1.56 miles
Altitudes covered: 10476' to 14272'
There is no vertical exaggeration applied to this model. This is a true-to-life scale model of a real place.

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TinyMtn models are most affordable in the "Sandstone" and "White Natural Versatile Plastic" materials. This model is in "Sandstone," which is a glued gypsum material. When you receive the model it will be ready for display, though it may smell funny and need some time to air out. "Sandstone" models are much more brittle than "Versatile Plastic" models, but feel more like light stone. Do not soak it in water, though you can safely seal it with Polycrylic or a similar water-based clear spray sealant. Read more about this popular material here.

All TinyMtn models have hollow bottoms - this is to save on weight, and thus cost. Many larger models also have extra flanges on their undersides to increase rigidity and strength. To make the model more solid, you should feel free to carefully pour resin into the bottom cavity, or glue a properly-sized slab of wood or another material into it.

These models have been optimized for the above materials, and are not offered in other materials for strength or cost reasons. If you need one in another material, please tinymtnbiz@gmail.com and we'll do our best to fulfill your request.

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Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Source of digital elevation and aerial orthoimagery data: U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS home page is https://www.usgs.gov/