Walker's Haute Route (Chamonix – Zermatt)

Walker's Haute Route (Chamonix – Zermatt) in relief: a 27 × 18 cm map carved from a solid block of lime wood after the real terrain (Pennine Alps · France, Switzerland). The route, 215 km and 14,500 m of elevation gain, 12 to 14 days, is laser-engraved onto the milled wood, pass after pass. Each map is milled on request in our workshop in Haute-Savoie: roughing with a flat end mill, a finishing pass that follows every ridge, then the laser for the route. It comes in an A4 frame; the relief rises more than 3 cm out of it. SPECIFICATIONS • Map: solid lime-wood block, 270 × 180 × 55 mm, relief up to 47 mm • Route: 215 km, 14,500 m elevation gain, point to point • Scale: 1:350,649 — 95 km of terrain across • Frame: A4 size (31.8 × 23.1 cm), no glass • Route: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); relief from national surveys or Copernicus • Made: in our workshop in Thônes, Haute-Savoie, on request • Images: 3D renders computed from the map's machining program CARE Dust with a soft brush · Keep out of direct sunlight and humidity · Hang on an indoor wall