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Musala Pathway Topographic print
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7.5 mi one way · 5,189 ft of climbing · Rila National Park

Musala Pathway

$59
Highest point Musala, 9,600 ft. Drawn from this trail's real elevation data, printed to order.
StyleTopographic
Available in 10 styles: Horizon, Topographic, Blueprint, Type Fill, Ridgeline, Ridge, Peak, Summit, Dot Grid, Risograph
Size 18×24″
Print only, rolled in a tube. Fits a standard 18×24″ frame.
Free US shipping · Made to order · at your door in 5 to 10 business days
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.

Shipping & returns

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Musala Pathway · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Musala Pathway trail

Musala Pathway gains 5,189 feet across 7.5 miles of one-way route in Rila National Park, its elevation running from 4,411 feet up to 9,600 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 33 percent, against an average of 692 feet of gain per mile. The 7.5 miles is the one-way distance of the drawn route. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Samokov, about 11 miles away.

The trail

Musala (Bulgarian: Мусала; from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer") is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925.42 metres (9, 597.8 ft). With a topographic prominence of 2,473 metres (8, 114 ft), Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Along the route

  • Borovets climbing sitemi 1.0
  • Ledenoto Ezeromi 6.9

Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.

More trails in Bulgaria

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Questions about the Musala Pathway print

What sizes does the Musala Pathway 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 Musala Pathway track.
How hard is Musala Pathway?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band: 7.5 mi one way with 5,189 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.
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Trail geometry and place names for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data. 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.