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2.6 mi out and back · 400 ft of climbing · Pinnacles National Park

Balconies Cave Loop

$59
Drawn from this trail's real elevation data, printed to order.
StyleTopographic
Size 18×24″
Print only, rolled in a tube. Fits a standard 18×24″ frame.
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The print

Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.

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Balconies Cave Loop · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Balconies Cave Loop trail

Set in Pinnacles National Park, Balconies Cave Loop is an out-and-back of 2.6 miles. Expect 400 feet of climbing between 1,199 feet and 1,462 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 30 percent, against an average of 154 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the easiest band. The nearest town is Soledad, about 8 miles away.

The area

Pinnacles National Park is a national park of the United States protecting a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California, about five miles (8 km) east of Soledad and 80 miles (130 km) southeast of San Jose. The park's namesake pinnacles are the eroded leftovers of the western half of an extinct volcano that has moved 200 miles (320 km) from its original location on the San Andreas Fault, embedded in a portion of the California Pacific Coast Ranges.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • Balconies Cavesmi 0.9

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

Questions about the Balconies Cave Loop print

What sizes does the Balconies Cave Loop poster come in?
4 sizes: 12×16″ $39, 18×24″ $59, 24×32″ $79, 30×40″ $99. Every size is printed natively at 300 DPI, from $39.
Is this made from real elevation data?
Yes. The contours and elevation profile are drawn from USGS 3DEP and AWS Terrain Tiles sampled along the actual Balconies Cave Loop track.
How hard is Balconies Cave Loop?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the easiest band: 2.6 mi out and back with 400 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.

Place names along the route: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.