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More Stats for Bottelary Yellow Short from Brenaissance mountain bike route

Mountain Bike

6.1 miles

Distance

364 ft

Climb

-367 ft

Descent

615 ft

High Point

A permit is required to access the Bottelary Hills Conservancy MTB Trails network, which must be displayed on the bike handlebars at all times.
Bottelary Hills Conservancy and the landowners accept no responsibility for any damage or injury incurred.

Open farm roads with flowing single track on the return along rivers and dams. Some wide wooden bridges. Mostly uphill to the halfway mark.

Note that there are 2 options marked Yellow, long and short. This is the short route.

From Brenaissance head right onto Devonvalley Road; after 750m turn right into the entrance for Dwars-in-die-Weg & Fransmanskraal. Pass through the manned security gate.
Initially follow pink arrows past the Styling Shed to access the Yellow loop, then follow yellow arrows.

After cycling along side the top dam, you reach a junction where you carry on straight to enter Fish Eagle single track on the right. (Long route goes left).

At the end of the single track you cross a brick paved road and then ride along the bottom dam wall, crossing a wooden bridge over the dam overflow, bringing you back to where you started. Follow the pink arrows to return to Brenaissance.

Detailed Description

Bottelary Yellow Short from Brenaissance is a 6 mile moderately popular easy route located near Stellenbosch. This mountain bike primary route can be used one direction and has a easy overall physical rating. This route includes 6 trails. This route climbs 364 ft with a max elevation of 615 ft then descends -367 ft.

Trail Blazers South Africa
Maintainer

Bottelary Hills Renosterveld Conservancy (bottelaryconservancy.co.za)

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Riding area

Bottelary Hills Conservancy MTB Trails
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Other Activities
- E-Bike
Difficulty rating

Green
Route Type

Loop
eBike Allowed

Yes
Bike type

XC
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Easy

Brenaissance-Access

Yellow short connector

Yellow09 Fish Eagle

Brenaissance-Access

Avg time

32 min 21 sec
Altitude min

340 ft
Altitude start

359 ft
Altitude end

354 ft
Grade max

-20.7%
Grade min

26.1%
Distance climb

3 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

3,937 ft

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trail	date	description
Yellow09 Fish Eagle	Aug 3, 2024 @ 12:19am Aug 3, 2024	reporter
Yellow10	Aug 3, 2024 @ 12:19am Aug 3, 2024	reporter
Yellow short connector	Aug 2, 2024 @ 11:49am Aug 2, 2024	reporter
Yellow01	Aug 2, 2024 @ 11:49am Aug 2, 2024	reporter
Brenaissance-Access	Aug 2, 2024 @ 11:47am Aug 2, 2024	reporter