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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J22°16°74
- F23°16°65
- M22°15°87
- A20°13°90
- M19°11°69
- J16°9°61
- J16°8°61
- A16°9°88
- S17°10°68
- O18°11°105
- N20°13°94
- D21°14°85
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)
- 8.0 km · 5.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 8.4 km · 5.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Outeniqua Mountains (Central Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km NE of Knysna (Eden District Municipality, Western Cape) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Sanparks
- Route centre
- -33.9569, 23.1634
- Route start
- -33.9489, 23.1571
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17072053
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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