Mountain bikers can enjoy unlimited
uplift cable car rides to access some of
the best riding in South Africa.
Lift-assisted riding is the default in
established mountain biking venues
throughout the Alps and Canadian
Rockies.
For years, the potential of
Hartbeespoort¡¦s cable car teased Gauteng
mountain bikers who like going downhill
fast. For Hartbeespoort local, Charl van
Zyl, the Magaliesberg range had always
hold the promise of cable car-assisted
mountain biking. After years of
imagining exactly how he¡¦d shape, cut
and build a world-class trail down the
mountain, he was approached by some
other locals in January and given a
nearly impossible deadline for delivery
in March of this year.
With access and encouragement from
landowner, WC du Plessis, Charl and his
team of five trail gnomes worked
tireless on the steep Magaliesberg
terrain to shape a brilliant downhill
trail, with many jumps and other
challenging features, finishing it in
time for the 2018 South African
championships. The event was a massive
success and showed that cable
car-assisted mountain biking could work
in South Africa.
The actual downhill track is currently
only open on weekends. Located within
the Hartbeespoort Adventure & Trail
Park, there are associated trails close
to it, with more being planned ¡V all
part of a vision to create a mountain
biking destination of choice in
Magaliesberg.
¡V Source:
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