trail-running

The Table Mountain Challenge is a 35km trail running race around Table Mountain. It is extremely popular, and because there is a relay option even beginners can take part in the event. The route is really beautiful and for any trail runner this is a wonderful event.

Montrail and CapeStorm collaborate to organize 'Trail Series' competitions each of which are made up of several trail running races. Competitors accumulate points according to their performance in each of the runs in the series and at the end of the series winners are decided based on points.

The Bat Run is an annual race held on a February night around full moon. The event involves a night run/walk up 3 of Cape Town's most famous mountains - Devils Peak, Table Mountain and Lions Head!

The Pipe Track is one of the easiest walks on Table Mountain because it does hardly any climbing. Basically the path follows an old water pipe along a contour from the Kloofnek parking area along the side of table mountain above Camps Bay.  The views of Table Mountain, Lions Head, Twelve Apostles and Camps Bay are wonderful for such an easy hike.

The Puffer is an extreme ultra-marathon completed annually by 100 of the strongest trail runners in Cape Town. The 80km route starts at Cape Point and ends at the V&A Waterfront moving through the mountains all the way!

The Hout Bay Trail Challenge is a 35km trail run through the mountains around Hout Bay. It is a tough event and as such there is also the option to run it as a relay team of 3. The scenery is beautiful and the Hout Bay Trail Challenge is very popular - entries are taken very quickly.

The Old Fisherman's Trail Challenge is a trail running race between Hout Bay and Fish Hoek. The race begins and ends on the beach but includes climbing over the mountains (Kalk Bay, Silvermine and Blackburn Ravine) between these suburbs - at least 650m vertically!

There is a path that can be followed around Lions Head for a hike or run. The path starts at the normal point for a hike up Lions Head. From there runners/hikers can choose which way they would like to proceed around the mountain.

There is a path from Lions Head to Signal Hill which runs along the ridge between these two points. Because it is along the ridge this path offers lovely views of the Atlantic and Sea Point, Camps Bay on the one side and Table Mountain and the City Bowl on the other.