Erasmuskloof/Waterkloof Glen trail

[Jacoboth]

The green area in Erasmuskloof / Waterkloof Glen between Lois, Keiskamma and the N1 has recently been fenced off. Gates have been added. Locks have been put on the gates. It is an unbuild area with steep hills, a river running through it lots of protea trees (Suikerbos) and some wildlife - birds and an occasional wild rabbit.

 

I used to do a lot of trail running in this area. I had to be extremely cautious, because vagrants were living in the area. I have never encountered another trail runner or mountain biker in the area. I know people used to ride their mountain bikes and 4x4s there in the past.

 

The good news is that since the area has been fenced off the vagrants have left the area. The bad news is that nobody has access to the area at the moment. I still did some trail run training in the area about a week ago. I noticed that someone was laying out a trail or mountain bike route. There was red bunting on a new trail that was being cut out in the area.

 

I would really like to know what the intention is with the new trail. It can either be for recreational trail running/MTBing or a race organizer is preparing for a trail run/MTB race in the near future.

 

Does anyone have more information about this? Maybe a contact number of someone that does have access to the gates?