Silver Tree Loop Trail Run

Our trail grading: ORANGE 4A

Distance: 7.83km
Extremeness: Lots of ups and downs
Location: Newlands Forest, Cape Town, South Africa
Joggers: Alistair Chivell, Henk Brand, Leslie Chivell & me

Early this morning we did another Silver Tree Loop. We started at the Newlands forest parking, looped into Kirstenbosch, and thereafter returned on the same beautiful single track. The sun rise was spectacular and we had a very clear (and scary) view of the fires above Muizenburg and Tokia forest.

Alistair pointing at the Muizenburg fires

Another beautiful sun rise in Cape Town

Final few steps of the contour jeep track

Discussing the downhill

In Kirstenbsch

Smoke of the fires clearly visible