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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
Photo
Directory Listing
Riding Area
TTF
Parking
Viewpoint
Information
Warning
Directions
Sight
Restrooms
eBike Charging Point
Water Fountain/Source
Gate
Trail Sign
Table or Bench
Ladder
Stairs
Bridge
Camping
Cabin
Lodge
Bear Cache
Dock
Ranger Station
Summit
Other
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Region Details
- 6
- 27
- 51
- 15
- 2
Activities
Region Status
Open as of 1 days ago
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #378
- Trails (view details)
- 101
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 101
- Trails E-Bike
- 29
- Trails Hike
- 53
- Trails Trail Running
- 53
- Total Distance
- 116 miles
- Total Descent
- 29,583 ft
- Total Vertical
- 2,854 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 2,886 ft
- Reports
- 640
- Photos
- 751
- Ridden Counter
- 4,768
Sub Regions
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Blackhill MTB Trails
- 2
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Bloemendal
- 2
- 4
- 1
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Constantia Greenbelt
- 6
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Contermanskloof MTB Trails
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 1
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Faircape
- 1
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Hoogekraal
- 1
- 5
- 1
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Koeberg MTB Route
- 1
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Meerendal MTB Trails
- 2
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Table Mountain
- 3
- 17
- 1
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Tokai Forest MTB Trails
- 8
- 8
- 5
- 1
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Tygerberg MTB Trails
- 1
- 5
Popular Cape Town Mountain Biking Trails
Cape Town Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Newlands Forest - Table Mountain - Block House | 24 miles | |
| Tokai Greenbelt to Kings Blockhouse | 29 miles | |
| Contermanskloof | 9 miles | |
| Constantia Greenbelt to Table Mountain, Kings Blockhouse and Newlands Forest | 32 miles | |
| Tokai Forest - to the Mast! | 40 miles | |
| Tokai to Rhodes via Newlands Forest | 28 miles | |
| Contermanskloof Main Loop | 9 miles | |
| Koeberg 21km Route | 14 miles | |
| Contermanskloof - Coffee to Coffee | 14 miles | |
| Cape Town Cycling | 7 miles |
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
Today
- 1 rides
- 10 miles avg distance
Yesterday
- 26 rides
- 17 miles avg distance
Past Week
- 163 rides
- 19 miles avg distance
Photos of Cape Town Mountain Bike
trail: XCO
9 |
Aug 21, 2019 @ 10:53pm
Aug 21, 2019
trail: Skills park left line
4 |
Jul 8, 2019 @ 7:58am
Jul 8, 2019
trail: Skills park left line
2 |
Jul 8, 2019 @ 7:58am
Jul 8, 2019
trail: Trail Q
4 |
Jul 1, 2019 @ 12:02pm
Jul 1, 2019Videos of Cape Town Mountain Bike
trail: Mainline DH Track
0:47 |
79 |
May 31, 2018
trail: Mainline DH Track
3:27 |
48 |
May 14, 2018
trail: XCO
1:19 |
100 |
Mar 10, 2018
trail: Contermanskloof
1:01 |
164 |
Jun 15, 2017
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contermans Freeride Track | Oct 20, 2019 @ 1:26am 1 days | Dry | BikeGenie | ||
| Die Kloof | Oct 20, 2019 @ 1:26am 1 days | Dry | BikeGenie | ||
| Tree Run | Oct 20, 2019 @ 1:26am 1 days | Variable | BikeGenie | ||
| Contermanskloof | Oct 20, 2019 @ 1:26am 1 days | Dry | BikeGenie | ||
| Higgovale To Kloof Nek Climb | Oct 19, 2019 @ 11:02pm 1 days | Variable | SchalkMarais | ||
| Lombards Terra | Oct 19, 2019 @ 5:48am 2 days | Very Dry | BikeGenie | ||
| Meerendal full blue route | Oct 18, 2019 @ 8:11am 3 days | Dry | AndreasLuka | ||
| The Glen | Oct 17, 2019 @ 7:11am Oct 17, 2019 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
| Granite Rock | Oct 17, 2019 @ 7:11am Oct 17, 2019 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
| Supertubes | Oct 12, 2019 @ 12:19am Oct 12, 2019 | Dry | cynergy6 |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BikeGenie | add | report | Contermans Freeride Track and 3 more | Oct 21, 2019 @ 3:06am 4 mins |
 | jackoekoe | ridden | trail | Cobra | Oct 21, 2019 @ 12:47am 2 hours |
 | SchalkMarais | add | report | Higgovale To Kloof Nek Climb | Oct 20, 2019 @ 3:43am 23 hours |
| BikeGenie | add | report | Lombards Terra | Oct 20, 2019 @ 3:31am 24 hours |
 | AndreasLuka | add | report | Meerendal full blue route | Oct 18, 2019 @ 10:52am 3 days |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Great trail, bits of everything, mainly natural | Oct 17, 2019 @ 4:13am Oct 17, 2019 | ||
| trail | i | Jul 12, 2019 @ 8:36am Jul 12, 2019 | ||
| trail | This is not a blue trail but a black. It’s... | Jan 26, 2019 @ 12:24am Jan 26, 2019 | ||
| report | ... | Apr 19, 2018 @ 9:19am Apr 19, 2018 | ||
 | trail | Please be aware that the decent will be too... | Jul 8, 2017 @ 11:24am Jul 8, 2017 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k1,118 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge57 awarded -
10 Blue Trails64 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k454 awarded -
10 Green Trails51 awarded -
10 Black Trails21 awarded
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