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Gladstone's Nose Circular Walk
On Gladstone’s Nose, Lesotho Highlands
Next nearby hike: Giants Cup Trail 32 mi · 52 kmExplore Gladstone’s Nose →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Nov · highs 14–22 °C (57–72 °F)
- J22°13°232
- F22°13°200
- M21°11°154
- A19°8°71
- M16°4°22
- J14°1°18
- J14°1°16
- A16°3°35
- S19°6°51
- O19°8°116
- N20°10°156
- D22°12°212
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
- 7.0 km · 4.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Gladstone’s Nose (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Lesotho Highlands (Drakensberg Mountains › Great Escarpment; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km NW of Cibelichle (uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–Nov
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -29.3921, 29.6803
- Route start
- -29.3881, 29.6678
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9259775
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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