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Alphen Trail Loop

Local route8.7 km · 5.4 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Constantia Nek - Skeleton Gorge - Woodhead, Victoria and Alexandra Reservoir Trail 2.6 mi · 4.1 kmExplore Western Cape →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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  2. F21°18°23
  3. M20°17°30
  4. A19°15°76
  5. M17°14°110
  6. J16°12°141
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  9. S16°12°84
  10. O17°14°45
  11. N19°15°35
  12. D20°17°29

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Length (signed)
8.7 km · 5.4 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
8.6 km · 5.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
3.6 km NE of Constantia (City of Cape Town, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Local route
From / to
Alphen Drive → Alphen Drive
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
-34.0046, 18.4333
Route start
-34.0135, 18.4515
OpenStreetMap
relation 18871870
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Constantia Nek - Skeleton Gorge - Woodhead, Victoria and Alexandra Reservoir Trail

2.6 mi · 4.1 km · Western Cape

Contour Path

2.9 mi · 4.6 km · Western Cape

Devil's Peak Route

4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Western Cape

Rhodes Memorial - Mowbray Ridge - Knife's Edge - Minor Peak

4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Western Cape

580 m Devil's Peak Traverse

4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Western Cape

Platteklip Gorge

4.3 mi · 7.0 km · Western Cape

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