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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- 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
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- 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
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
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Radar Time
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
On Trailforks the Eastern Cape is divided into its eight official District Municipalities as sub-region 2's. These are:
1) Alfred Nzo District
2) Amathole District
3) Buffalo City Metropolitan District
4) Chris Hani District
5) Joe Gqabi District
6) Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan District
7) OR Tambo District
Sarah Baartman District
1) Alfred Nzo District
2) Amathole District
3) Buffalo City Metropolitan District
4) Chris Hani District
5) Joe Gqabi District
6) Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan District
7) OR Tambo District
Sarah Baartman DistrictLinks
Region Details
- 406
- 4
- 168
- 190
- 34
- 1
- 1
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 902
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 825
- Trails E-Bike
- 714
- Trails Hike
- 892
- Trails Trail Running
- 892
- Trails Horse
- 45
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 40
- Trails Observed Trials
- 37
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 41
- Total Distance
- 1,769 mile
- Total Descent
- 192,823 ft
- Total Vertical
- 9,023 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 9,023 ft
- Reports
- 986
- Photos
- 191
- Ridden Counter
- 10,720
Popular Trail Networks
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- Amathole District (243)
- Cathcart (1)
- Chintsa (56)
- Hogsback (99)
- Kei Mouth (9)
- Keiskammahoek (2)
- Mazeppa Bay (30)
- Stutterheim (7)
- Cathcart (1)
- Buffalo City Metropolitan District (121)
- East London (88)
- Gonubie (8)
- Kidd's Beach (2)
- Macleantown (2)
- Joe Gqabi District (12)
- Barkley East (5)
- Wartrails Area (5)
- Elliot (1)
- Maclear (7)
- Queenstown (1)
- Rhodes (3)
- Barkley East (5)
- Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan District (151)
- Port Elizabeth (151)
- Sarah Baartman District (286)
- Addo (2)
- Cape St Francis (6)
- Grahamstown (15)
- Mpekweni (1)
- Somerset East (0)
- Steytlerville (17)
- Bucklands Guest Farm (17)
- Stormsrivier (10)
- Thornhill (162)
- Zuurberg (76)
- Hayterdale Trails (68)
- Addo (2)
- Coffee Bay (16)
- Port St Johns (10)
Popular Eastern Cape Province Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVF 005 Crossways (3Rivers Trails) | |||
| Little Walmer Single Track Baakens Valley | |||
| 60MoM Start Baakens Valley | |||
| Puttergill Lane Crossways (3Rivers Trails) | |||
| Killer Downhill Baakens Valley | |||
| ST 002 Crossways (3Rivers Trails) | |||
| Upper Crossing (Parking lot to 14th) Baakens Valley | |||
| FT4 Baakens Valley | |||
| The Wall access trail Baakens Valley | |||
| FT-3 Baakens Valley | |||
| BV 001 Baakens Valley | |||
| Badminton Hall Park Trail Baakens Valley | |||
| The S-Bend Baakens Valley | |||
| FT-2 Baakens Valley | |||
| CVF 006 Crossways (3Rivers Trails) |
Eastern Cape Province Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hayterdale Mountain Bike Red Route, 25Km Hayterdale Trails | 15 miles | |
| 3Rivers: Oxwagon Pass Crossways (3Rivers Trails) | 9 miles | |
| Hayterdale Mountain Bike Blue Route, 10Km Hayterdale Trails | 6 miles | |
| Hayterdale Mountain Bike Green Route, 10Km Hayterdale Trails | 7 miles | |
| Emerald Vale: Yellow Route - 5km Route Emerald Vale Craft Brewery & MTB Trail Network | 3 miles | |
| Emerald Vale: Blue Route (9km) Emerald Vale Craft Brewery & MTB Trail Network | 6 miles | |
| Emerald Vale: Red Route (26.5km) Emerald Vale Craft Brewery & MTB Trail Network | 16 miles | |
| 3Rivers: Black Porcupine Route, 60km Crossways (3Rivers Trails) | 35 miles | |
| 3Silos: Red Route (20km) 3Silos MTB Adventure Park | 12 miles | |
| 3Silos: Blue Route (18km) 3Silos MTB Adventure Park | 11 miles |
Videos of Eastern Cape Province Mountain Bike
1:51 |
78 |
Aug 8, 2016
10:50 |
42 |
May 18, 2021
9:31 |
21 |
May 18, 2021
6:23 |
20 |
May 18, 2021
5:31 |
246 |
Nov 26, 2020
youtuber
![MTB JIBBING is so HOT right now | Boosting...]()
10:51 |
82 |
Nov 26, 2020
youtuber
![Riding Wet Roots & Steep MOUNTAIN BIKE...]()
13:09 |
83 |
Nov 26, 2020
trail: Hayterdale Dh Course
3:33 |
67 |
Nov 11, 2020 , Zuurberg
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Silos 001 3Silos MTB Adventure Park | Oct 1, 2021 @ 11:20pm Oct 1, 2021 | Ideal | minkels | E-Bike Tree fall blocking route |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give it Clappers Cafe du Jardin / Chicken Farm | Oct 19, 2021 @ 2:23am 21 hours | Ideal | fanievb | ||
| Blue Link back to Floradale Cafe du Jardin / Chicken Farm | Oct 19, 2021 @ 2:23am 21 hours | Ideal | fanievb | ||
| Foz's Meander Cafe du Jardin / Chicken Farm | Oct 19, 2021 @ 2:23am 21 hours | Dry | fanievb | ||
| Trevor's Travels Cafe du Jardin / Chicken Farm | Oct 19, 2021 @ 2:23am 21 hours | Dry | fanievb | ||
| HT: TMH Trail 5 Zuurberg | Oct 16, 2021 @ 11:06pm Oct 16, 2021 | Unknown | TanyaJackson | ||
| HT: TMH Trail 6 Zuurberg | Oct 16, 2021 @ 11:06pm Oct 16, 2021 | Unknown | TanyaJackson | ||
| Gifslang Waterfall Trails | Oct 16, 2021 @ 10:56pm Oct 16, 2021 | Ideal | minkels | ||
| Toboshane 001 Toboshane Trails | Oct 16, 2021 @ 10:56pm Oct 16, 2021 | Ideal | minkels | ||
| Thobashane 002 Toboshane Trails | Oct 16, 2021 @ 10:56pm Oct 16, 2021 | Ideal | minkels | ||
| Y then down Cafe du Jardin / Chicken Farm | Oct 14, 2021 @ 12:09am Oct 14, 2021 | Dry | fanievb |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | fanievb | add | report | Give it Clappers and 3 more | Oct 19, 2021 @ 5:15am 18 hours |
 | minkels | add | report | Toboshane 001 and 1 more | Oct 18, 2021 @ 12:45am 2 days |
| minkels | add | report | Gifslang | Oct 18, 2021 @ 12:45am 2 days |
| fanievb | add | report | Y then down and 10 more | Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:45pm 2 days |
| TanyaJackson | add | report | HT: TMH Trail 5 and 1 more | Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:15pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Return | Sep 27, 2021 @ 12:33am Sep 27, 2021 | ||
| trail | R10.00 per bike | Sep 13, 2021 @ 2:38am Sep 13, 2021 | ||
| trail | That piece of trail is very dangerous | Sep 2, 2021 @ 1:18pm Sep 2, 2021 | ||
| report | Hi, I see you reported a minor issue. Can I... | Jul 4, 2021 @ 7:58am Jul 4, 2021 | ||
| report | Motor cross trails | Nov 7, 2020 @ 8:39pm Nov 7, 2020 |
Local Badges
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Completionist10 awarded -
Big Ride 30k2,514 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k764 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge53 awarded -
Climbing 100k Badge4 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k24 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohs Bike Park | bike park | East London |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 824 | 1,584 mile | 159,672 ft | 745 miles | 8,809 ft | 183 | 986 | 58 | 14,833 | |||
| E-Bike | 714 | 1,396 mile | 135,531 ft | 666 miles | 8,809 ft | 944 | 42 | 517 | ||||
| Hike | 892 | 1,725 mile | 185,643 ft | 799 miles | 9,022 ft | 8 | 980 | 30 | 595 | |||
| Trail Running | 892 | 1,713 mile | 183,350 ft | 793 miles | 9,022 ft | 980 | 29 | 663 | ||||
| Horse | 45 | 273 miles | 19,117 ft | 122 miles | 8,789 ft | 16 | ||||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 40 | 227 miles | 15,682 ft | 105 miles | 6,480 ft | 14 | ||||||
| Observed Trials | 37 | 220 miles | 15,154 ft | 102 miles | 5,981 ft | 2 | 1 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 41 | 233 miles | 17,516 ft | 108 miles | 6,480 ft | 14 |
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