Eden and back via gravel road and single track.

This is a bit of climbing followed by a nice bit of technical downhill to put the smile back on your face.


Distance 4.8km
Elevation: 148m
Water Available: None
Dangers: There are the odd vagrant about here so dont run it alone.
Terrain. Half gravel road, Half single track.

This road starts off from the Eden parking lot, situated just above Paradyskloof.  Park your car here and start to run.  You will get your first fork in almost 50m.  At this point make sure to turn right.  You will now continue on a slow and steady climb untill you get to a some kind of prefabricated building standing empty.  Keep right here.  You will now get a little bit of a climb before you start the days first major climb of more than a 100m.  Keep on the gravel road and keep on straight, heading for the top of the blue gum forest on the opposite slope.  You will get to a fence/hedge.  Here you turn left to keep on going to the blue gum ridge you can see at the top.  At the top you will see the road turning right over the shoulder of the mountain.  Here you will find the single track.  Go on it and continue downwards.  PLEASE BE CAREFULL HERE.  It is very easy to lose the trail here.  If you do go off trail make sure you step carefully as this is an area where there will be some poisonous snakes.  The single track is going to bring you back to the opposite slope again.  Here the track will join a wide burn path where timber has been used to stop erosion.  Up you go again for a climb of another 40m in elevation.  At the top run through the burnpath to get back to the road just below the burnpath.  From here you will be able to see a downhill bicycle path that runs through the forest.  Get on this path and continue down.  You will drop 150m in the following 1.2km so the going should be fast.  The park does fork quite often and it is your choice which one you want to take. In the end it will bring you back to the bottom and that is all that  matters.  These paths down can be very fast so be careful.  There might also be some cyclists coming from behind so be mindfull of them so that they dont run you over.