Total Climb: 198m
Water Available: None
Dangers: Very loose rocks descending down the Chicken Run
Terrain: About 1km is dirt track. Rest is Single track, very rocky, lots of gullies.
Start off from the Paradyskloof Eden Forest Gate. Keep on the big road. Take first left and after that and then stick to the right to make sure you keep on going up. You will pretty soon be running out of the pineforest into an area where you will have an open area to your left with two dams and a pine forest to your right. Keep on going up. At the end of the stand on your left there is another cross. Turn left here and follow the jeep track over the next shoulder. Pretty soon the jeeptrack will become single track. Follow the single track through an Eucalyptus stand only a few metres thick. Regular undulating track continues through the stand until the road turns to your left. You will now be at the top of a hill and will be able to see clear views to Simonsberg. Continue down the trail called "The Chicken Run". Be careful as the cycling path is full of loose rock. Regular forks will occur at intervals. Make sure to keep left to stay inside the Eucalyptus stand. Single track now meets up with regular farm track. Go around left of farmworkers houses and go down to flat. Turn left at cow paddocks and run another 200m to get to Ladder at the end of the track.
A link to the complete STRAVA segment is below.
Other STRAVA segments in the trail is as follows.
Paradyskloof Forest Climb
Eden Top Contour Ascent
The High road from Eden to Coetzenburg
A short video of some of the terrain can be seen here.
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