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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
20 trails
- Trail Running
20 trails
Region Details
- 7
- 8
- 3
Region Status
Open as of Sep 13, 2022Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 20
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 18
- Trails E-Bike
- 10
- Trails Hike
- 20
- Trails Trail Running
- 20
- Total Distance
- 13 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,490 ft
- Total Vertical
- 821 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,123 ft
- Reports
- 118
- Photos
- 36
- Ridden Counter
- 1,336
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
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: 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
4 |
Jul 3, 2022 @ 11:11pm
Jul 3, 2022
trail: Pill Boxes
34 |
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 |
57 |
Sep 27, 2022 , Cape Town

trail: Lions Head
0:15 |
162 |
Jul 7, 2009
youtuber

trail: Belgian Waffle
9:41 |
547 |
Dec 17, 2018 , Cape Town
youtuber

trail: Pat's Track Signal Hill
9:10 |
484 |
May 7, 2018 , Cape Town
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Pat's Access | Jan 7, 2023 @ 1:52am Jan 7, 2023 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
Lions Head | Jan 7, 2023 @ 1:52am Jan 7, 2023 | Dry | SchalkMarais | ||
Tamboerskloof Tumbler | Nov 28, 2022 @ 4:26am Nov 28, 2022 | Ideal | theee-a-team | ||
Steek In Die Bos | Nov 16, 2022 @ 8:26am Nov 16, 2022 | Ideal | AWOLsally | ||
Belgian Waffle | Sep 10, 2022 @ 11:28pm Sep 10, 2022 | Ideal | jasonboulle | ||
Erf81 Switchbacks | Sep 10, 2022 @ 11:28pm Sep 10, 2022 | Dry | jasonboulle | ||
Pat's Link | Sep 5, 2022 @ 8:31am Sep 5, 2022 | Variable | SiMan9 | ||
Quarry Hill B-Line | Jul 2, 2022 @ 11:53pm Jul 2, 2022 | Ideal | SchalkMarais | ||
Signal Hill Drive | Sep 8, 2021 @ 7:10am Sep 8, 2021 | Ideal | Milky4130 | ||
SH 003 | Jan 12, 2021 @ 8:04pm Jan 12, 2021 | Dry | jrwilk |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | jasperchess | ridden | trail | Belgian Waffle | Feb 5, 2023 @ 7:29am Feb 5, 2023 |
![]() | BikeGenie | vote | trail | Quarry Hill B-Line | Feb 2, 2023 @ 11:16pm Feb 2, 2023 |
![]() | Borrels | ridden | trail | Steek In Die Bos | Jan 20, 2023 @ 5:34am Jan 20, 2023 |
![]() | SchalkMarais | add | report | Pat's Access and 1 more | Jan 8, 2023 @ 11:06pm Jan 8, 2023 |
![]() | canadaka | add | photo | in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada and 5 more | Dec 19, 2022 @ 8:58pm Dec 19, 2022 |
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 | 33 | 13 | 4 km | |
Constantia Greenbelt | 3 | 9 | 7.1 km | ||
Tokai Forest MTB Trails | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9 km |
Bloemendal and Hillcrest Trail Network | 10 | 21 | 1 | 12.7 km | |
Majik Forest | 1 | 19 | 13 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 | #6,373 | #107 | 30 | 118 | 2,295 | ||
E-Bike | 10 | 7 miles | 1,637 ft | 4 miles | 820 ft | #1,688 | #66 | 108 | 328 | |||
Hike | 20 | 13 miles | 3,491 ft | 7 miles | 820 ft | #5,465 | #87 | 6 | 119 | 1 | 232 | |
Trail Running | 20 | 13 miles | 3,491 ft | 7 miles | 820 ft | #5,462 | #87 | 119 | 3 | 489 |
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