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Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
eBikes Allowed:
Yes
Land Status: National Park
Land Manager: SANParks

Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
18 trails
- E-Bike
10 trails
- Hike
23 trails
- Trail Running
23 trails
Region Details
- 7
- 8
- 3
Region Status
Caution as of Jan 12, 2025Stats
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- Trails (view details)
- 23
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 18
- Trails E-Bike
- 10
- Trails Hike
- 23
- Trails Trail Running
- 23
- Total Distance
- 16 miles
- Total Descent
- 4,242 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,632 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,933 ft
- Reports
- 149
- Photos
- 36
- Ridden Counter
- 2,554
Popular Lion's Head & Signal Hill Trails
Photos of Lion's Head & Signal Hill Mountain Bike
trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
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trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
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trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
Jul 3, 2022
trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
Jul 3, 2022
trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
Jul 3, 2022
trail: Signal Hill Drive
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Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
Jul 3, 2022
trail: Pill Boxes
56 |
Jun 18, 2020 @ 3:13am
Jun 18, 2020
trail: Pill Boxes
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Jun 18, 2020 @ 3:13am
Jun 18, 2020Videos of Lion's Head & Signal Hill Mountain Bike

trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
3:30 |
202 |
Sep 27, 2022 , Cape Town

trail: Lions Head
0:15 |
190 |
Jul 7, 2009
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trail: Belgian Waffle
9:41 |
712 |
Dec 17, 2018 , Cape Town
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trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
9:10 |
570 |
May 7, 2018 , Cape Town
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Lions Head | Jan 12, 2025 @ 8:51am Jan 12, 2025 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
Quarry Hill B-Line | Jan 11, 2025 @ 8:44am Jan 11, 2025 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
Steek In Die Bos | Jan 11, 2025 @ 8:44am Jan 11, 2025 | Very Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
Pat's Access | Jan 7, 2025 @ 5:29pm Jan 7, 2025 | Ideal | SchalkMarais | ||
SH 001 | Sep 14, 2024 @ 7:30am Sep 14, 2024 | Very Dry | mwcdross | ||
SH 002 | Jun 9, 2024 @ 12:44am Jun 9, 2024 | Unknown | SPWM | ||
Signal Hill Drive | Jun 9, 2024 @ 12:44am Jun 9, 2024 | Ideal | SPWM | ||
Quarry Hill Road Access | Nov 30, 2023 @ 12:47pm Nov 30, 2023 | Dry | trudybike | ||
Pat's Track Signal Hill | Oct 20, 2023 @ 12:03am Oct 20, 2023 | Dry | ugrass | ||
Belgian Waffle | Oct 9, 2023 @ 10:55pm Oct 9, 2023 | Ideal | duxlevo |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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SchalkMarais | add | report | activity #64526312 and 2 more | Jan 12, 2025 @ 10:13pm Jan 12, 2025 |
SchalkMarais | add | report | activity #64253812 | Jan 7, 2025 @ 10:39pm Jan 7, 2025 |
Jemms | wishlist | trail | activity #63110956 | Dec 14, 2024 @ 11:07am Dec 14, 2024 |
SchalkMarais | add | report | activity #59347806 | Sep 23, 2024 @ 12:30am Sep 23, 2024 |
mwcdross | add | report | activity #58831928 | Sep 14, 2024 @ 3:46am Sep 14, 2024 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Not an enjoyable ride coming from Glengariff... | May 27, 2022 @ 1:29am May 27, 2022 | ||
trail | Nice for a walk to see the views. Better to... | Sep 30, 2021 @ 6:39am Sep 30, 2021 | ||
trail | Amazing hiking trail with great views. Not... | Sep 30, 2021 @ 6:02am Sep 30, 2021 | ||
trail | Hi, how safe (no wanderers, mugging etc) is... | Dec 6, 2020 @ 4:07am Dec 6, 2020 | ||
trail | Mountain biking has been allowed in this trail... | Aug 31, 2020 @ 11:39am Aug 31, 2020 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Table Mountain National Park | 15 | 29 | 13 | 4 km | |
The Twelve Apostles | 9 | 4.6 km | |||
Constantia Greenbelt | 3 | 9 | 7.1 km | ||
Tokai Forest MTB Trails | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9 km |
Tygerberg Nature Reserve | 11.5 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 18 | 13 miles | 3,474 ft | 7 miles | 820 ft | #6,811 | #102 | 30 | 149 | 3,784 | ||
E-Bike | 10 | 7 miles | 1,637 ft | 4 miles | 820 ft | #2,260 | #68 | 138 | 708 | |||
Hike | 23 | 16 miles | 4,242 ft | 8 miles | 1,631 ft | #5,841 | #87 | 6 | 149 | 1 | 621 | |
Trail Running | 23 | 16 miles | 4,242 ft | 8 miles | 1,631 ft | #5,836 | #87 | 149 | 3 | 1,129 |
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