Jonkers Big Loop Trail Run

Our trail grading: GREEN 6B

Distance: 25km

Extremeness: Technical single track and a big climb

Location: Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Joggers: Deryck Nel, Dirk van der Merwe & me

On Saturday we completed a big Jonkers Western loop. Dirk joined us for the first 5km on the lower Jonkers loop and we then started up the long 900m climb of the Panorama Hiking Trail. We turned left from the trail toward Pieke and followed the contour route for about 4km. This single track links to the jeep track we normally take for the regular Jonkers Western Loop. From here on we followed our normal Western loop route, with the exception of taking the new MTB trail above Canary as a short-cut. What an awesome run... highly recommended!

The climb begins

The climb continues

Nice scenery on the way up

What a view!

The climb continues further

The end of climb where I packed my camera away for the awesome downhill