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Drakensberg Sentinel - Cathedral
On Sentinel, Lesotho Highlands
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Dec · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°9°244
- F18°9°225
- M17°7°177
- A15°4°70
- M12°0°27
- J10°-3°19
- J10°-3°11
- A12°-1°41
- S15°2°48
- O16°5°127
- N17°6°162
- D19°8°195
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
- Mapped length
- 60 km · 37 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Sentinel (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Lesotho Highlands (Drakensberg Mountains › Great Escarpment; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km S of Phuthaditjhaba (Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -28.8458, 29.0432
- Route start
- -28.7275, 28.8909
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 8897082
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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