Silver Alaska Travertine

Silver Alaska comes from the same silver travertine beds as our plain Silver travertine, but it is selected for heavier movement: a light gray ground with wide white streaks and darker charcoal bands running through each piece. Where Silver reads as an even gray field, Silver Alaska reads as a striped, veined surface, and no two pallets look identical. The stone is tumbled, so edges are softened and the face has the open, textured grip travertine is known for around pools. It sits in our silver and gray family and suits cool-toned houses, gray stucco, white trim and modern landscaping where a warm beige deck would look out of place.

What is in this collection

Twenty-seven products cover three product types. Pavers come tumbled in 6x12, 12x24, 16x24, 16x16 and 24x24, so you can run a single-size grid, a two-size ashlar, or a 24x24 paver field with a 6x12 border. Pool coping is the bulk of the collection: bullnose and eased-edge profiles in 6x12, 12x24, 14x24, 16x24, 24x36 and 16x48, in both 1-1/4" and 2" thickness. A 2" 24x72 tread finishes steps and wide wall tops. Because the coping and pavers are cut from the same blocks, the edge band and the deck match in tone and banding.

Pairing and layout advice

Set the coping so its banding runs parallel to the water line and lay the pavers with the streaks going the same way; mixing directions makes the veining look busy. A 2" bullnose gives the strongest shadow line against a gray or blue pool interior, while eased edge suits straight-sided modern pools; bullnose vs eased edge walks through the tradeoffs. If the variation is more than the project wants, Silver River is the calmer sister stone in the same gray range. Like all travertine, Silver Alaska needs a penetrating sealer after installation; the darker bands show water spotting more than ivory stone does, so seal before the first pool season. The full pool coping and paver ranges are there if you want to compare against other stones, and the travertine color guide puts Silver Alaska next to Ivory, Walnut and Silver side by side.