Moraine Lake is known for its turquoise water beneath the Valley of the Ten Peaks. This one waits for the low light — the Wenkchemna Peaks lit orange, the range doubled in still turquoise water, and a single red canoe drifting at the far left. An original vintage-style Moraine Lake poster of the Valley of the Ten Peaks at golden hour.
The design is drawn flat — an eye-level view over a foreground of grey boulders straight down the lake to the jagged, snow-streaked Ten Peaks lit orange by low sun, their reflection laid across still turquoise water with a tiny red canoe at the far left, a dark cliff and pale scree slope framing the left edge and a band of conifers along the right shore. The lettering sits in the open sky, LAKE above MORAINE with a small maple leaf beside CANADA beneath, and the whole sheet is worked in turquoise, burnt orange, slate blue, cream and peach. Printed to order on heavyweight matte art paper with a smooth, uncoated surface that keeps those hard colour edges crisp and readable from across the room. No glare, no plastic sheen, no photograph: just paper and ink.
- Paper: 189 g/m2 (10.3 mil) heavyweight matte art stock — substantial enough to hang unframed without curling
- Finish: uncoated matte — no glare under lamps, windows or gallery lighting
- Opacity: 94%, so a wall colour or a second sheet behind it never shows through
- Brightness: 104% ISO — a bright white base that keeps the flat colour blocks saturated
- Origin: paper milled in Japan; every poster is printed to order, never warehoused
Size chart
| Poster size | Art panel (centred) | Works well |
|---|---|---|
| 12"" × 18"" | 12 × 15 in | desk shelves, small nooks, gallery-wall filler |
| 18"" × 24"" | 18 × 22.5 in | bedrooms, home offices, above a console or sofa |
| 24"" × 36"" | 24 × 30 in | living rooms, stairwells, a single statement wall |
The illustration is a 4:5 panel centred on the sheet with an even margin above and below, so it sits well in an off-the-shelf frame with or without a mat. Ships rolled in a protective tube, unframed.
Quick answers
Which size should I order? The 18″ × 24″ is the safe default for most walls. Take the 12″ × 18″ for a desk, a shelf or as part of a gallery cluster, and the 24″ × 36″ when the poster is meant to be the focal point of the room.
Does it come framed? No — it ships rolled and unframed in a protective tube. All three sizes are standard US frame sizes, so a shop-bought frame fits without a custom mat. A ready-to-hang framed version of this design is listed separately.
Is this a reprint of an old travel poster? No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat colour, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.
Why is the water at Moraine Lake so blue? Moraine Lake is glacier-fed, and the fine rock flour carried in by meltwater scatters light to give the water its turquoise colour. It sits in the Valley of the Ten Peaks in Banff National Park, Alberta, at roughly 1,885 metres, and the colour is at its strongest from late June once the lake has filled after the spring thaw.
The Ten Peaks at golden hour, doubled in turquoise.
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