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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–May · highs 15–22 °C (59–72 °F)
- J22°12°155
- F22°11°130
- M20°10°113
- A18°6°59
- M15°3°24
- J12°0°16
- J13°-1°9
- A15°1°30
- S19°5°32
- O20°7°102
- N20°9°129
- D22°11°144
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
- 9.4 km · 5.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Maloti Mountains (Lesotho Highlands › Drakensberg Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km W of Phuthaditjhaba (Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–May
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Free State
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- South African National Parks
- Route centre
- -28.5002, 28.6161
- Route start
- -28.5056, 28.6185
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14637471
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
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Mnweni Marathon
36 mi · 58 km · KwaZulu-Natal
Gladstone's Nose Circular Walk
89 mi · 143 km · KwaZulu-Natal
Giants Cup Trail
95 mi · 153 km · KwaZulu-Natal
Skyrun
164 mi · 264 km · Eastern Cape
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