Kaapschehoop to Barrets Hike
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- Distance
- 4.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 341 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 764 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,370 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 4,890 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 969
- Uploaded
- July 18, 2014
- Recorded
- July 2014
near Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga (Republic of South Africa)
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Itinerary description
From the Kaapschehoop Hut, walk along the escarpment edge until you reach the Kaapschehoop lookout post. On clear days it is possible to see as far as Barberton. The trail now takes you through rocky outcrops and a natural kraal until you reach a rocky maze. This rocky maze, which is very often covered in fog, gave Kaapschehoop its original name of Duiwelskantoor (Devil's Office). Pass the cemetery where some of the town's original inhabitants lie, then walk through pine trees until you reach Battery Creek. Descend into the creek by way of a small gully where a little boulder-hopping will help you reach the Battery Creek Falls. Follow the trail along the creek. The influence of water and sunlight on the two slopes is visible at this point. The northern side is moist and cool and the southern side is hot and dry. This micro-variation influences the vegetation on each slope. The trail joins a forestry path at a small weir and then goes through the pine trees to an old lookout. Follow the cliff edge until you enter a rocky plain. Once over the plain, the trail enters a patch of indigenous forest before climbing to a rocky outcrop that takes you to a forestry road and a dam. Barretts Coaches is only a few metres away.
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