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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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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
Popular Trail Networks
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Region Details
- 287
- 11
- 343
- 935
- 135
- 11
- 1
Region Status
Open as of 23 hours agoStats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #13
- Trails (view details)
- 1,767
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1,741
- Trails E-Bike
- 390
- Trails Hike
- 1,591
- Trails Trail Running
- 1,594
- Trails Horse
- 3
- Trails Dirtbike
- 2
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowmobile
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 1
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 1
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 1,996 miles
- Total Descent
- 326,323 ft
- Total Vertical
- 6,020 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,027 ft
- Reports
- 3,690
- Photos
- 1,431
- Ridden Counter
- 36,121
Sub Regions
- Bergplaas (0)
- Eastern Cape (29)
- East London (1)
- Port Elizabeth (27)
- Somerset East (0)
- East London (1)
- Free State (1)
- Bloemfontein (1)
- Bloemfontein (1)
- Gauteng (360)
- Bryanston (4)
- Johannesburg (202)
- Krugersdorp (15)
- Pretoria (133)
- Schoemansville (2)
- Tshwane (13)
- Bryanston (4)
- Hartebeespoort Dam (0)
- KwaZulu-Natal (516)
- Durban (117)
- Hluhluwe (12)
- Howick (243)
- Mtunzini (5)
- Pietermaritzburg (12)
- Pongola (60)
- Port Edward (12)
- Scottburgh (23)
- Durban (117)
- Limpopo (0)
- Mpumalanga (11)
- Nelspruit (6)
- White River (3)
- Nelspruit (6)
- North West (0)
- Northern Cape (0)
- Park Rynie (0)
- Western Cape (754)
- Cape Winelands (216)
- Franschoek (23)
- Gansbaai (2)
- Somerset West (32)
- Stanford (0)
- Stellenbosch (158)
- Garden Route (329)
- George (119)
- Knysna (197)
- Plettenberg Bay (11)
- Cape Town (101)
- Ceres (23)
- Grabouw (59)
- Paarl (13)
- Swellendam (11)
- Wellington (2)
- Cape Winelands (216)
Popular South Africa Mountain Biking Trails
South Africa Mountain Bike Routes
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
Today
- 11 rides
- 18.7 km avg distance
Yesterday
- 57 rides
- 22.9 km avg distance
Past Week
- 584 rides
- 30.0 km avg distance
Photos of South Africa Mountain Bike
trail: Connector Eden
2 |
Oct 13, 2019 @ 12:45am
2 days
trail: Connector Eden
2 |
Oct 13, 2019 @ 12:45am
2 days
trail: BOTMASKOP SKY TRAVERSE
10 |
May 26, 2019 @ 11:06am
May 26, 2019
trail: Preekstoel Climb
20 |
Mar 10, 2019 @ 8:47am
Mar 10, 2019Videos of South Africa Mountain Bike
trail: flow trail
0:43 |
44 |
May 2, 2019
trail: Helderkruin DH Track A
0:06 |
25 |
Mar 18, 2019
trail: flow trail
0:26 |
50 |
Dec 30, 2018
trail: The Plumber
2:44 |
173 |
Nov 25, 2018
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Peerless | update | trail | Bosvark | Oct 15, 2019 @ 2:03am 2 hours |
 | Chefpaulg | wishlist | trail | DH0 | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:11pm 5 hours |
| Chefpaulg | wishlist | trail | The Plumber | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:06pm 5 hours |
 | Christofison | ridden | trail | Pioneer | Oct 14, 2019 @ 10:12pm 6 hours |
 | Phlippie | add | report | Granny's Forest and 8 more | Oct 14, 2019 @ 11:35am 17 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Drongos has been destroyed by the recent... | Oct 11, 2019 @ 5:16am Oct 11, 2019 | ||
 | report | Dry gravel road section quite corrugated but okay. | Sep 16, 2019 @ 3:09am Sep 16, 2019 | ||
| trail | Lovely long ‘flowy’ trail. And all fixed... | Sep 15, 2019 @ 8:49am Sep 15, 2019 | ||
| trail | Still not rideable. Lots of trees fallen over... | Sep 15, 2019 @ 8:45am Sep 15, 2019 | ||
| trail | This trail does not exist anymore. Parts of it... | Sep 10, 2019 @ 3:57pm Sep 10, 2019 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k1,071 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge56 awarded -
10 Blue Trails61 awarded -
Top 10 Trails7 awarded -
10 Blue Trails17 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffelsdrift Trail Park | bike park | Pretoria | |
| Garden Route Trail Park | bike park | Knysna | |
| Helderberg Trails | bike park | Somerset West | |
| Hero Adventure - Rhebokskloof | bike park | Paarl | |
| Hero Adventure - Spice Route | bike park | Paarl |
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