Pakhuis Pass — Clanwilliam Climb
Hard
road
Clanwilliam, Western Cape strava Loading map…
Elevation profile
Min 333m · Max 637m · Gain 826m · 26 km
Route stats
- Distance
- 26 km
- Elevation gain
- 824 m
- −206 m descent
- Max grade
- 7.7%
- 3.1% avg
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Tar / Road
- Route type
- Point-to-point
About this route
Thomas Bain's 1877 R364 pass climbs 824 m out of Clanwilliam to a 905 m summit over a fully tarred 26.4 km, threading switchbacks past weathered Cederberg rock stacks and the roadside grave of poet C. Louis Leipoldt, 15 km up.