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Rhodes Memorial - Mowbray Ridge - Knife's Edge - Minor Peak

On Minor Peak, Table Mountain

Local route8.7 km · 5.4 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: 580 m Devil's Peak Traverse 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore Minor Peak →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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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

Rhodes Memorial - Mowbray Ridge - Knife's Edge - Minor Peak is a local hiking route in Western Cape, South Africa, about 8.7 km (5.4 mi) in length. It is on Minor Peak in Table Mountain. It lies about 1.5 km west of Rosebank.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length (signed)
8.7 km · 5.4 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
3.8 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Minor Peak (mountain; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Table Mountain (Atlantic Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
1.5 km W of Rosebank (City of Cape Town, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Local route
From / to
Rhodes Memorial → Rhodes Memorial
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
-33.9519, 18.4485
Route start
-33.9527, 18.4582
OpenStreetMap
relation 18187101
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

580 m Devil's Peak Traverse

1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Western Cape

Chelmsford Road - Woodstock Cave

1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Western Cape

Devil's Peak Route

1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Western Cape

Devils Peak Quarry Loop

1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Western Cape

Platteklip Stream Trail

1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Western Cape

Deer Park Loop

2.0 mi · 3.1 km · Western Cape

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