Trails

Trails
As a member of Tygerberg Mountain Bike Club, with a valid bike board fixed to your handlebars, you are allowed to ride the trails of Bloemendal, Hillcrest, Contermanskloof, Hoogekraal, Welvergenoegd, Faircape, Meerendal, Majik Forest and all the linking corridors.

Trail Map

Can I Ride?

Trail Access between Sunrise and Sunset only.

Day Permits

Bloemendal

Pay R60 for adults and R40 for children. Please pay at the Bloemendal Trailpark counter, or at any of the Snapscan facilities available at the trail centre. Please pay before you ride and retain proof of purchase on you. This payment only allows access to the Bloemendal, D’Aria and Hillcrest trails and does not allow you to ride or access any of the adjacent farms trails

Contermanskloof

Pay R60 at the Diary Shed counter, or at the honesty box in the parking lot outside of the Diary Shed. Please pay before you ride and retain proof of purchase on you. This payment only allows access to the Contermanskloof trails and does not allow you to ride or access any of the adjacent farms trails.

Fair Cape

Pay R60 at Hoogekraal via the day permit seller, the honesty box, or the Snapscan/Zapper facility. Those wanting to enter the trails at East and West Fair Cape off Malanshoogte Rd, or Fair Cape East from Adderley Rd must pay R60 at the Snapscan/ Zapper facility at the entrance to all of these trails. There is no other form of payment here….. Either Snapscan/Zapper as you enter or no ride. Please maintain proof of payment on you.

Your R60 payment at any of the trail entrances, Hoogekraal, Fair Cape West and Fair Cape East off Malanshoogte Rd, or Vrymansfontein off Adderley Rd allows you access to all of the Fair Cape, Welvergenoegd and Hoogekraal trails for the day.

Hoogekraal and Welvergenoegd

R60 at the trail centre honesty box at Hoogekraal or any of the Snapscan/Zapper facilities at Hoogekraal, Welvergenoegd or Fair Cape gives you full access to the Hoogekraal/Welvergenoegd and Fair Cape Trails. Please pay before you ride and retain proof of purchase on you.

Majik Forest

As Majik Forest is a public open space, there is no charge to anyone to ride there.

Meerendal

Pay R50 for adults and R 20 for students, pensioners and under 18s at the parking guard house. Please pay before you ride and retain proof of purchase on you. This payment only allows access to the Meerendal trails and does not allow you to ride or access any of the adjacent farms trails.

Corridors to Trails

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Trail Distances

Trail	Single Track (km)	Farm Track or Dirt Road	Segment Distance (km)	Ascent (m)	Descent (m)	Total Trail (km)
Hoogekraal
Car Park to Puffadder start		1.65		45	35
Puffadder start to Gorge start	0.45			0	17
Gorge	0.72			34	36
End Gorge to Cobra start	3.76			166	24
Cobra total	3.78
Cobra drop			1.88	0	124
Cobra full climb			1.8	110	3
Cobra climb end back to track to Cobra start	0.16			15	0
Cobra start to start Snake, Rattle & Roll start		0.1		0	0
SR&R start to end (car park)	2.75
SR&R start to hill top			0.52	38	12
Hill top to SR&R end			2.23	0	155
Welvergenoegd start to border bridge	0.94			0	100
Border bridge to Cobra climb	0.27			16	1
Skills Park	n/a
	12.83	1.75		424	507	14.58
Welvergenoegd
Border bridge to Diep Rivier	1.44			0	91
Rivier to bridge		0.55		7	6
Bridge to Fair Cape start	1.7			92	1
Fair Cape start to Fair Cape return junction	0.22			21	0
Fair Cape start to border bridge	0.5			41	2
Incoming bridge from Fair Cape to Hoogekraal border	4.56
Incoming bridge from Fair Cape to junction			0.51	0	40
Junction to top Patrick's Plunge			0.21	14	0
Top Patrick's Plunge to Hoogekraal border			3.84	82	125
	8.42	0.55		257	265	8.97
Fair Cape
East of Malanshoogte Rd
Border bridge to farm road start	2.81			40	109
Vineyard loop		4.81
Farm road & Vinyard to Vrymansfontein junction			3.47	38	21
Vrymansfontein junction to start of s/t			1.34	48	9
Start of single track to start of 2-way section	3			89	50
Junction off 2-way to top of climb at farm road	0.15			2	0
Top of s/t climb to border bridge		0.44		0	24
West of Malanshoogte Rd
Welvergenoegd border to Malanshoogte rd	1.77			37	35
Incomming split to Welvergenoegd border	0.51			32	0
	8.24	5.25		286	248	13.49
Vrymansfontein
Fair Cape bridge to Adderley	1.4			25	14	1.4
Nitida
Bloemendal border to Hillcrest border		0.92		37	4	0.92
Hillcrest
Nitida gate to Olive tree single track		0.55		50	0
Olive tree s/t	0.22			7	4
End olive tree s/t to top of Red climb (bridge)		1.43		100	3
Rooikat: Bridge to end at tar road incl Snake Alley & Adrians	5.27			45	248
Junction to Contermans servitude	0.3			13	0
Green Olive:
Start at end vineyard traverse to Rooikat junction		0.28		0	43
Forest gorge climb incl Cow Pat Alley	0.31			31	7
Descent from Rooikat junction	0.85			4	53
Farm tar road and around vineyard to Rooikat track junction		1.02		21	81
End of Red/Green (tar rd) to Nitida gate		0.87		55	8
	6.95	4.15		326	447	11.1
Contermans/Hillcrest/Bloemendal servitude
Hillcrest track end to Contermans border fence		0.37		20	0
Hillcrest track end to Bloemendal border fence		0.28		34	0
		0.65		54	0	0.65
Bloemendal
Lower
B-Spot	2.4			13	19
End B-Spot to Majik gate		1.11		79	0
Majik gate to Terra start		0.27		8	0
Terra	1.35			0	56
Terra XCO climb	0.82			54	2
End Lombards Terra to start B/Nice		1.58
End of Terra to top Vineyard climb			0.84	66	0
Top Vineyard climb to start B/Nice			0.74	10	43
Start B/Nice to end (car park)	2.5			4	55
Kuilvoergat	0.25			0	0
Perimeter trail	0.78			4	6
Flowterra	0.35			0	0
Pumptrack	0.35			0	0
WP XCO trail	1.63			42	99
WP XCO trail bottom B line	0.32			0	30
Corridor (Car Park to start of Terra)		1.25		75	0
	10.75	4.21		355	310	14.96
Upper
Gate at end servitude to start of Bloemendaaler		0.19		4	4
Bloemendaaler	3.25			81	167
Start concrete road s/t to Hillcrest gate	0.82			0	57
Start of split to start of restaurant climb	0.38			0	29
Bloemies Up, Bloemies Theatre & Cannonball to Morgenster s/t (start just over cement road).		1.7		77	85
"Morgenster" s/t	0.35			0	14
End "Morgenster s/t to Bloemies Boulevard (start bamboo s/t)		0.34		26	3
Bloemies Boulevard to vineyard	1.12			2	23
End Bloemies Boulevard s/t to start of last s/t		0.5		0	18
Bluegums	0.88			7	19
	6.8	2.73		197	419	9.53
D'Aria ST and Protea Hotel link
Gate to start of Poplars st		0.3		0	16
Poplars and Dam st	1.43			8	11
Protea Hotel to Dam st	1.7			31	2
D'Aria Vineyards		0.73		30	11
	3.13	1.03		69	40	4.16
The Traverse
Bloemendal
Car Park to conc rd		1.5		60	4
Last s/t (up)	0.36			9	2
End of last s/t to Morgenster border		0.58		12	17
Morgenster		1.72		45	49
Altydgedaght
Morgenster border to Odendaal rd	0	1.8		45	30
St John road gate to split		1.5		44	0
	0.36	7.1		215	102	7.46
Meerendal
New start at gate to start of st below dam		1.13		23	0
S/t climb to dam (new route)	0.44			19	0
Dam wall to end Blue route hillside tracks	2.47			44	30
Green route from junction to hillside tracks to start bottom track below Mineshatf	0.76			17	41
Bottom track below Mineshaft	0.39			13	17
Start of bottom track to top of Stairway to Heaven	1.11			51	4
Top of Stairway to end of Burry Stander	2.93			6	20
Gulley s/t to Wendyhouse	1.04			0	51
Ester Suss & Barti Butcher descents	0.51			0	37
Blue route down from top junction with Barti Butcher	0.86			16	6
Bottom of Barti Butcher to pump track	0.27			0	0
Pump track to top of Mineshaft	0.34			0	2
End Burry Stander round vineyard to blue st		0.19		11	0
Blue s/t to start of Barti Butcher	0.31			4	0
Pump track down Epic s/t finish (below pump track)	0.74			0	33
Epic s/t finish along bottom vineyard to Gulley		0.28		0	2
Dorstberg climb		1.19		151	2
Dorstberg descent to bench	1.99			2	147
Blue/Green s/t from wendyhouse to end main dam wall	0.74			0	11
Blue/Green new direction route around vineyards		2.41		48	37
	14.9	5.2		405	440	20.1
Hoogekraal to Contermans link
Gravel from Vissershok to Contermans gate (incl Nibor's climb)		1.26		71	0	1.26
Oatlands East (The Missing Link) Corridor Entrance next to school at Malanshoogte Rd to entrance at the top of Vissershok Rd	4,54			228	63
Oatlands Corridor Entrance at the top of Vissershok Rd to Contermanskloof	1,4			117	43
Contermanskloof
Gate top Nibor's climb to junction with s/t		0.48		15	0
Dairy Shed to start s/t (oppposite quarry)		1.4		75	0
S/t to Hoogeleggen fence	1.66			108	0
Hoogeleggen fence to start Upper Super Tubes		0.81		34	6
Blue route down from Quarry to tar road at entrance gates	2.09			9	97
Mast climb from Upper Supertubes junction		0.82		83	2
Upper Supertubes to downhill crossing at pines	3.44			45	116
Original bit of track on lower section of Super Tubes	0.34			0	15
Pines track to start The Kloof		0.25		2	0
The Kloof	0.55			0	72
Cheeky Corners from The Kloof junction to end	1.03			0	65
Return track to Cheeky Corners incl 1st bit of Black Rhino climb		1.38		91	16
2nd bit of Black Rhino climb to Super Tubes		0.6		83	0
Return 1 to Super Tubes incl Old Man's Climb		0.48		69	0
Revised downhill	0.69			0	135
Mainline d/h from mast from mast	1.76			0	202
Black Rhino 1	0,71
Black Rhino 2	0,8
Freeride track down from Super Tubes corner	2.1			0	167
Track from end Kloof to start Tree Charge		0.46		0	25
Tree Charge	0.35			0	32
Shortcut to Dairy Shed from end Tree Charge		0.66		4	18
End of Tree Charge to tar road at lower Dam	1.04			2	43
Start s/t at bottom dam to end track near Dairy Shed	3.7			90	47
Short cut from above Bushvine climb to junction with road to Dairy Shed		0.5		10	1
End track to Dairy Shed		0.23		0	15
Happy Hops	0.69			0	50
	19.44	8.07		720	1124	27.51
Hoogeleggen Corridor (up)		1.6		124	9	1.6
Majik Forest
Upper
Bloemendal gate to start Green (lower) s/t traverse		0.54		30	0
Green s/t traverse to yellow/black junction	0.24			6	0
Climb from Green traverse start to Black/Yellow s/t traverse		0.06		10	0
Black/Yellow s/t traverse to Black/Yellow junction	0.26			2	0
Black s/t climb from upper traverse junction to electric fence corner	0.33			22	5
Electric fence corner to Green (lower) traverse	0.66			24	43
S/t down from Green traverse to lower Yellow junction	0.06			0	5
Yellow route down from top traverse yellow/black junction to junction with up route above Bloemendal gate	1.01			2	36
Short cut from above Bloemendal gate to gate at Sub Station	0.1			0	9
Bloemendal gate to gate at Sub Station		0.1		0	8
Lower
Fence climb from sub station to Beacon track start (West side)	0.83			23	4
Beacon s/t to bridge above forest track (East side)	1.18			0	56
Kido Kids gate to bridge above forest track	0.53			37	2
Bridge to Vinks gate thru forest	1.62			3	87
Protea Hotel s/t	0.54			38	1
End Protea s/t to Vineyard gate		0.62		47	6
Gravel climb from Vineyard gate to Beacon		0.84		58	1
Gravel from Beacon to Sub station (West side)		0.79		4	21
Beacon to Sub station s/t (West side)	1.32			4	23
	8.68	2.95		310	307	11.63
Klipheuwel
Spes Bona Rd to Malanshoogte split	8,1			166	180
Malanshoogte split to Malanshoogte Rd	3,5
Malanshoogte split to Occultdale rd	1,46	3			44
TOTALS	101.9	47.42		3875	4236	149.32

Disclaimer

Neither Tygerberg Mountain Bike Club nor anyone associated with Tygerberg MTB Club will be responsible or liable for any injury sustained while riding the Tygerberg Mountain Bike trail Networks or elsewhere. Consult a Doctor before starting any exercise program. Mountain Biking is an extreme sport riders should be aware of the dangers. Failure to take precautions may result in injury or death. Always try and ride within your limits and in groups. Note: trails are situated on working farms and trail conditions are subject to change without notice or indication.