Wattles Barrets (Day 2)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.96 mi
- Elevation gain
- 591 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,024 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,503 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 4,682 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 1549
- Uploaded
- January 3, 2014
- Recorded
- January 2014
near Barretts, Mpumalanga (Republic of South Africa)
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Itinerary description
Walk through pine and gum trees, fynbos and grass ledges before climbing through a rocky ledge to the top of the cliff. If there is no mist in the area, you may be able to see the escarpment edge that lies to the north. The slope of the escarpment edge shows the formation of the gold-carrying Black Reef (at Kaapschehoop the reef is on the surface and dips to the west and, at Carletonville, where the deepest gold mines occur, the Black Reef is several kilometres underground). Follow the contour path through the various pine and fynbos patches until you reach a large forestry road. Continue on this road until you reach a grass slope (the grass covers the scree or loose rock that has formed at the cliff's base over many years). Now the trail gradually rises over the grassy plain until it reaches the cliffs. From here, follow the escarpment edge for a short distance before winding through some of the rocky ledges onto a grassy plain. Continue along a contour path that takes you through the top of a big valley to the cemetery. At the Kaapschehoop village there is an opportunity to study the Victorian architecture and to browse in the several shops that specialise in arts and crafts. While in the village you may even encounter the Kaapschehoop wild horses, one of the few remaining herds of wild horses in South Africa.
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