Seweweekspoortpiek — Local services in Laingsburg Local Municipality

Highest point in the Western Cape. While there is no path on the northern hike, note that this is done in the Great Karoo, so you don't really have a problem with vegetation.

Your obstacles are rocks. You need to plan your path carefully, else you will end in a dead end. Try not to climb up rock faces and always allow for back tracking if your 'path' ends.

It took us 4,5 hours in snow. We took a saver route back, also 4,5 hours. Because the route is so hard on your feet and especially knees, you are mentally drained at the bottom.

Please remember your headlight. Trekking poles will be helpful. Boots NB. No snow, no water.

Good luck. The view is...

Admittedly underestimated this summit. Hiked from the north - there was a stone cottage where I parked. No cellphone reception. Very rocky, no path and the peak is mostly obscured - making deciding on a line a bit tricky. Plan was to start in SW direction and walk the ridgeline to the summit. Eventually had to backtrack quite a bit as some crevices prevent you from accessing the section on which the summit is. Took a pretty straig-down approach on the way down and ended up to be a lot simpler. Worth every bit: the view was...

Absolutely beautiful.. brutal trail.. thin air.. but so worth it.. definitely not for the novice hiker.. terrain is difficult and a bit of scrambling is necessary. But totally worth the effort..2325m above sea level. This trail took us 5 hours to finish and it was 10km of distence.. and exactly 1300m of climbing..we did it from the north side.."follow the...