Signal Hill MTB Route (Closest city/ town: Cape Town)

Western Cape - Cape Peninsula & Winelands

Signal Hill MTB Route

CLOSEST TOWN > Cape Town

TRAIL DESTINATION > Signal Hill

DISTANCE > One-way – 2km

GRADING > Easy

OVERVIEW

Take in one of Cape Town's classic viewpoints...

On your bike

Blast off from the metal boom 500m before you reach the Signal Hill parking lot onto a seriously steep jeep track dipping towards the City Bowl. (Access is also possible from other points along the tarmac road.) Approximately 2km of gnarly downhill awaits, switchbacking along rock-shocked dirt tracks before banging onto the stairwells and alleyways of Bo-Kaap.

These treacherous gravel roads go ballistic during the annual Action Cycles Urban Assault race, when the DH crowds take on these death-wish slopes at warp speed. Sponsored by Red Bull, they bomb all the way from the summit into the historic Malay Quarter.

Off the bike

Hike up Platteklip Gorge to the top of Table Mountain and do a death-defying abseil with Abseil Africa; check out the pubs, clubs and restaurants in Long Street and Cape Town Waterfront.

CONTACT:

Website: www.bowmancycles.co.za
Tel: +27 44 423 2527

GPS: 33º55’3.98”S 18º24’10.14”E

Weather: {weather Cape Town, South Africa}

FAST FACTS

GRADING:

Easy (terrain can be challenging)

DURATION:

30 minutes

CONFIGURATION :

One-way – 2km

START POINT:

Signal Hill parking lot

TERRAIN:

Gravel jeep track; some footpaths

MAP:

Google Earth gives a good view of the tracks

CELL RECEPTION: 100%

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Public Access;
MTB cluster on Wild Card

FACILITIES:

Safe parking

BEWARE OF:

Irrigation ruts and loose gravel; kids and dogs in Bo-Kaap streets

HOW TO GET THERE

Head up Kloof Nek towards Camps Bay, then turn right towards Signal Hill at the summit – the parking area is situated at the end of the road a couple of
kilometres along.

BEST TIME OF YEAR

Any time of year.