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Grootkop Route

On Grootkop, Table Mountain

Local route2.6 km · 1.6 miHard · 6/10Good year-round

Next nearby hike: Apostles Path 0.5 mi · 0.8 kmExplore Grootkop →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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  2. F20°17°28
  3. M19°15°37
  4. A17°13°90
  5. M15°12°141
  6. J14°11°181
  7. J13°10°199
  8. A13°10°158
  9. S14°11°108
  10. O15°12°55
  11. N17°14°42
  12. D18°15°36

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

Difficulty
Hard (6/10) (demanding_mountain_hiking (T3) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
Mapped length
2.6 km · 1.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Grootkop (hill; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Table Mountain (Atlantic Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
6.4 km W of Newlands (City of Cape Town, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Local route
Ref
GKop
SAC scale (OSM)
demanding mountain hiking
Route centre
-33.9869, 18.3772
Route start
-33.9799, 18.3788
OpenStreetMap
relation 7057850
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Apostles Path

0.5 mi · 0.8 km · Western Cape

Pipe track - Woody and Corridor Ravine via Tranquility Cracks

0.6 mi · 1.0 km · Western Cape

Wood Ravine

0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Western Cape

Kasteelpoort - Diagonal Route Trail (with Diving Board excursion)

1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Western Cape

Pipe Track

1.5 mi · 2.5 km · Western Cape

Suikerbossie to Grootkop via Judas Peak

1.8 mi · 2.8 km · Western Cape

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