Sunset Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,028 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,028 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,671 ft
- TrailRank
-
49
4
- Min elevation
- 4,967 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 10 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2654
- Uploaded
- June 11, 2019
- Recorded
- June 2019
near Forest Ranger, Province of KwaZulu-Natal (Republic of South Africa)
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Itinerary description
One of the most beautiful walks from Champagne Castle Hotel. It begins with a steep climb to the top of Mattehorn. Once you've caught your breath at the top, follow the path (heading away from the hotel) and then a sharp right along the contour path towards Cathkin Peak and Champagne Castle.
As you walk along the Contour Path, the mountains to your left are inside of Lesotho. It's a beautiful and flat section all the way to Breakfast Stream (for a water refill), before you turn down towards The Sphinx, Crystal Falls, and then back to the Hotel
As you walk along the Contour Path, the mountains to your left are inside of Lesotho. It's a beautiful and flat section all the way to Breakfast Stream (for a water refill), before you turn down towards The Sphinx, Crystal Falls, and then back to the Hotel
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Lovely route, easier than expected but still a good workout to get up to the top. Once you reach the top it levels off and an easy stretch before heading down. I opted to start 08:00am to try avoid the heat of the day which I suspect could be blistering in the afternoon. My moving time was 2:07 and total time 3:11, stopping for lots of photos and taking in the views.
One point I think I missed the marking, but this app course corrected me before I went too far off track.
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Very steep start, but then pretty flat and then down back home. Really enjoyed this hike, fantastic views
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First 2-3km steep & tough on the quads if not hiking fit. App corrected our path at the first summit (appreciated). After final incline to 2000m open meadow & great scenery unfolds. Gentle decline to Breakfast Stream before steep rocky decline towards Sphinx & then relatively flat return route.
Take hats & lots of water especially in summer. Gentle reminder to watch out for snakes basking on open rocky areas. TIA (this is Africa 😉)
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