Most iconic/dense climbing faces in the continental US?

Lovers Leap would be awesome!  Great photos btw

The Main wall at wild iris might be interesting.

Alex Buissewrote:

I’m afraid you’ll have to wait until I draw it, hopefully soon.

Thanks. Looking forward to it.

Just a quick note for those following this topic, I am now posting the resulting posters on this other thread: https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/121091197/mont-blanc-lines-climbing-posters#ForumMessage-121382428 I just added the Black Velvet Canyon in Red Rocks.

Feel free to keep suggesting crags and peaks in here, though!

Hey Alex, if your ever in the south, a poster like this of Laurel Knob would be mighty cool.

Nice work.

The south facing couloirs in Little Cottonwood Canyon from the Wasatch Twins to Superior would make a cool poster. 

Any word on the Tahquitz one? My girlfriend got us the Needles one, and we absolutely love it!

Thomas Claibornewrote:

Any word on the Tahquitz one? My girlfriend got us the Needles one, and we absolutely love it!

I finished the initial drawing this morning! Hoping to have it published in the next week or two.

Little teaser: 

Alex Buissewrote:

I finished the initial drawing this morning! Hoping to have it published in the next week or two.

Little teaser: 

Who else got excited about this tease?

The Infirmary at Miller Fork in RRG is about as grid bolted as they come, and a fairly sizable wall.

Cap Trinite might be interesting. 

Obviously, the lines you draw are going to be inexact especially given the resolution. And there is often more than one way to tackle a route up a face. Nonetheless, I am curious as to how you map route locations. Sometimes guidebooks (and MP) offer questionable accuracy. Does anyone (local guides?) check the work for accuracy?

Strings Attachedwrote:

Obviously, the lines you draw are going to be inexact especially given the resolution. And there is often more than one way to tackle a route up a face. Nonetheless, I am curious as to how you map route locations. Sometimes guidebooks (and MP) offer questionable accuracy. Does anyone (local guides?) check the work for accuracy?

Off Route is a common issue.  It's probably a combination of "Experience Level" and "Guidebook Detail/Accuracy/Clarity"

I've seen many mistakes or misleading explanations in Topo or descriptions.  Fortunately, sources like MP can add additional information to add clarity.

Gumby Kingwrote:

Off Route is a common issue.  It's probably a combination of "Experience Level" and "Guidebook Detail/Accuracy/Clarity"

I've seen many mistakes or misleading explanations in Topo or descriptions.  Fortunately, sources like MP can add additional information to add clarity.

MP can also make it more confusing.

Tradibanwrote:

MP can also make it more confusing.

Not really...  MP users are very opinionated and vocal.  If you're wrong, people are quick to let you know.  If you're right, they'll say you're trolling.  

Strings Attachedwrote:

Obviously, the lines you draw are going to be inexact especially given the resolution. And there is often more than one way to tackle a route up a face. Nonetheless, I am curious as to how you map route locations. Sometimes guidebooks (and MP) offer questionable accuracy. Does anyone (local guides?) check the work for accuracy?

This is a very good question. Most of the time, my initial source is the guidebook(s) for the area, supplemented by internet research on MP, camptocamp, tvmountain and other sources of varying quality. Whenever possible, I ask locals or guidebook authors to review the work (e.g. Bob Gaines for the upcoming Tahquitz poster, Hervé Barmasse for the south face of the Matterhorn, Kris Solem for the Needles, etc). When there are multiple variations, I draw several when they are well established, especially if they have their own name and grade. Otherwise I follow the guidebook or pick what seems the most logical based on the terrain.

The great thing about printing to order is that I can update the lines very quickly instead of being stuck with a warehouse full of posters with a glaring error or missing lines. And people always get the latest version when they order.

I would also add that these posters are really not designed to be used as a guide to finding the routes, more as informative pretty pictures. The long perspective (often aerial) is rarely that helpful when one is at the base of a cliff anyway.

Thomas Claibornewrote:

Any word on the Tahquitz one? My girlfriend got us the Needles one, and we absolutely love it!

It's now live: https://www.montblanclines.com/product-page/tahquitz-rock !

The Motherlode at the Red would be awesome to see in this style 

Dane Bwrote:

The Motherlode at the Red would be awesome to see in this style 

Was going to say that, but after mentioning Infirmary, I thought about how impossible it would be to get a picture of the whole wall, being that everything in the Red is surrounded by trees. Maybe dude could stitch a hundred shots together. Motherlode would be insane looking.