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Chelmsford Road - Woodstock Cave

In Table Mountain

Local route6.4 km · 4.0 miHard · 6/10Good year-round

Next nearby hike: Devils Peak Quarry Loop 0.2 mi · 0.2 kmExplore Table Mountain →

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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.

About this trail

Chelmsford Road - Woodstock Cave is a local hiking route in Western Cape, South Africa, about 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in length. It is in Table Mountain. Difficulty: Hard (6/10).

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Difficulty
Hard (6/10) (demanding_mountain_hiking (T3) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
Length (signed)
6.4 km · 4.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
3.2 km · 2.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Table Mountain (Atlantic Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
1.8 km SE of Cape Town (City of Cape Town, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Local route
SAC scale (OSM)
demanding mountain hiking
Route centre
-33.9448, 18.4366
Route start
-33.9400, 18.4316
OpenStreetMap
relation 14150664
How it’s scored

Hard (6/10). Official rating: demanding_mountain_hiking (T3) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).

A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm

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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distance from the trail start

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