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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J26°16°116
- F26°16°95
- M25°15°91
- A23°13°57
- M21°10°27
- J19°8°26
- J20°7°21
- A21°8°39
- S22°10°53
- O22°11°90
- N24°13°118
- D25°14°101
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)
- 100 km · 62 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 89 km · 55 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Amatola Mountains (Great Winterberg-Amatholes › Southern Great Escarpment; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km NW of Tyusha (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Route centre
- -32.6494, 27.1169
- Route start
- -32.7398, 27.2984
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 10777063
- Official info
- amatolatrails.co.za
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.
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