Balconies Trail
Balconies Trail is a 8.4-mile loop foot trail in Pinnacles National Park, California. Difficulty: strenuous, estimated from distance. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 1.34 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Hike High Peaks to Balconies Cave Loop” hike, which uses this trail.
- 8.4 miloop
- 1.34 mimapped segment only
- 1,395 fthigh point
- Strenuousdifficulty
From the National Park Service
Hike High Peaks to Balconies Cave Loop · rated “Strenuous”
8.4 mile loop Trail width: Approx.
Read the official NPS description
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