Interior, BALCONY HOUSE RUIN, looking north. Note the approach ladder at the lower right.
Climbing the ladder to Balcony House Ruin provides one of the most remembered thrills of the Mesa Verde experience.
View into Soda Canyon from the parapet of BALCONY HOUSE RUIN. The balcony in the foreground is more than 700 years old.
YOUR TRIP TO THE TOP OF THE “GREEN MESA”
LUNACHUKAI MTS. FROM PARK POINT (EL. 8,572) A VAST PANORAMA OPENS UP TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. THE LOVELY UNBROKEN FOREST-GREEN MESA-TOP, IN THE FOREGROUND, SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED THE CIVILIZED PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED HERE.
No trip to Mesa Verde National Park is complete without a visit to Park Point Lookout, 8,572-foot summit on the north rim. You must not miss the thrilling and inspiring full-circle panorama of mountains, mesas, and wide reaches of desert.