run the pipe track

 

 

was invited to go for a ‘trail run’ on saturday after spending a tough day on clifton beach, we headed up to the kloof nek parking lot and went for an awesome run out along the pipetrack and back, what an awesome run!

the Pipe Track was built in 1887 to service the water line that brought water from the Disa River, on the top of Table Mountain, through the mountain via the Woodhead Tunnel and exiting in Slangolie Ravine. Even before that there had been a small path between Kloof Nek and Kasteelspoort, the easiest route up the mountain from the Camps Bay side.

the run is generally flat. You can continue as long as you like and simply turn around and retrace your steps to. From time to time you will see a pipe emerging from the ground and running alongside the path.

so next time you wanna take a run with a view, check this one out…