Slot Canyon Studio Shop on Etsy

Topographic art of real trails

For the hike you still talk about

You remember the early start and the view at the end. Each print fills in the rest, with every bend of the trail in between.

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Instant download. Print it at home or at a print shop, for your wall or theirs.

Our Half Dome trail map in the Sandstone style: tan contour lines and shaded relief on cream paper, with the route in orange from Happy Isles to the summit, beside the Merced River for the first part.
Half Dome, Yosemite, in the Sandstone style

The prints

Famous trails, ready to print

These are the hikes you plan a whole trip around. Every listing has both styles, Sandstone and Midnight, in five frame shapes. Buy it in the morning and you can print it that afternoon, which makes it an easy last-minute gift.

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Why we make these

After the hike

A lot of big hikes start in a trailhead parking lot in the dark, with a headlamp on and coffee in a thermos. Usually you're not alone. Often it's the friend who talked you into it months ago and then set the alarm for 4 a.m.

Hours later you reach the end together, and you watch their face more than the view. On the walk back, you're already talking about your next hike.

Afterwards the photos stay buried in your phone. A map is something you can give the person you shared the adventure with: your partner, on the anniversary of the trip, or a parent who still tells the story.

Hang it up and sooner or later someone traces the route with a finger. There's the wrong turn, and there's where you stopped to watch the clouds go pink. The story grows a little every time it's told.

Two styles, one map

One for daylight, one for after dark

Not sure which one they'd like? You don't have to choose. Every map comes with both, so you can decide at the printer.

Navajo Loop and Queen's Garden trail map, Bryce Canyon, in the Sandstone style: dark lines on cream with the loop in orange.
Sandstone
The same Navajo Loop and Queen's Garden map in the Midnight style: deep blue relief with the loop in amber.
Midnight

Four layouts

Choose how much goes on the print

Pick the one that suits the person and the frame. Classic and Minimal come for every trail. Landscape and Elevation Profile are available for a few of the longer or steeper hikes.

  • Classic layout: the Observation Point map in the Sandstone style, with the Virgin River in the canyon to the west, and the trail name, stats and a small elevation profile below the map. ClassicFor the hiker who likes the numbers: distance and climb sit under the map.
  • Minimal layout: the Half Dome map in the Sandstone style, with the Merced River beside the route and only the trail name and place below it. MinimalJust the trail name, so the map gets all the attention.
  • Landscape layout: a wide Delicate Arch map in the Sandstone style, with the trail name, stats and elevation profile in a column on the right. LandscapeMade for a wide frame, like the one over a sofa or a desk.
  • Elevation Profile layout: the Mount Whitney map in the Sandstone style, with the climb drawn as a profile across the top and small lakes in blue around the route. Elevation ProfileShows how hard they worked for it, with the climb drawn across the top.

Classic is the first layout in the shop. Minimal, Landscape and Elevation Profile follow in November.

Behind each map

From Sam

I'm Sam, and I live in Utah. Most weekends I'm on a trail with my partner and our dogs. The best part is watching them: my partner pointing out lichen on the rocks or a lone tree on a cliff, and the dogs running ahead and doubling back to check on me. One of them always plops belly-first into the first water we find. There's usually one thing that doesn't go to plan. Now and then the clouds turn a color that makes us all stop. I started making these maps so we'd remember both.

I designed the software that makes each map, both what it does and how the maps look. It starts with U.S. Geological Survey data, which measures how high the ground is about every 10 ft. Every contour line is drawn fresh from those heights, not traced from an old map. Lakes and year-round streams come from the Survey too. Then the software joins the public trail lines into one route, much like a GPS app plans directions. Each map's distance and climb are checked against Park Service or Forest Service figures. No AI draws the art.

Sam