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1 summit • 16.8 km • 1,079 m gain • 6 hr 6 min
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"As a MCSA meet we ascended up Swartboskloof and continued a bit on the old Boland trail to the foot of the highest Triplet. From there we took a direct line up to the summit for lunch and coffee. The way down was along the knife edge that leads to the lowest triplet, and back down to the path that leads back to Swartboskloof. " — LeRoux-Kotze • Jun 4, 2022
"A fellow mountain runner and I decided to have an adventure and bag some of the peaks on my list. Its been a while and the wind was bringing in a lot of cloud so unfortunately i was not able to get an image of any of the summits on the way in.
We started our journey from the MTO Forestry gate in Jonkershoek and ran the along the circular road (gravel road) until we reached Swartbos Kloof where we began our ascent. Swartboskloof is a relatively long climb by local standards and covers over 900m of elevation over about 3km. From the top of Swartboskloof there are spectacular views over Jonkershoek down into the Stellenbosch valley. If you cross over the ridge to Pic-sans-Nom you will find yourself on a ledge some 1184 m up looking over Somerset West and Strand.
From The top of Swartbos Kloof we followed what is the Boland Hiking trail until the split. Where the path splits we headed east along the path that soon goes south up and around the Triplets (three peaks in close proximity overlooking a deep gorge aptly named Diepgat). We summited the highest of these three buy leaving the path and climbing a ridge line. This peak has got to be one of the most spectacular summits i have..." — desdeary • Nov 12, 2016