How safe is the road up to Steenbras?

[Schmorglebot]

Hey fellow hubbers, I'm going to be house sitting a house in Gordon's Bay for a couple of months and was considering doing the climb up to the Steenbras view point as part of my morning ride.

 

How safe is it to do the ride solo early in the mornings? I'll be well lit up so I'm more concerned about skelems than traffic

[Velouria]

Never had a problem with skelms out there. I don't do super early rides any more, but still - always seemed safe to me.

[milky4130]

Very safe at anytime of the day.

[dev null]

Very safe. They are too lazy to walk up there.

[Vetseun]

Jiss. I tried that climb a few times. Very rewarding

[Butterbean]

It has had an incident or two over the years, but fairly safe. Tough bugger climb, but amazing views and incredibly rewarding. Scary as hell descending in a headwind.

[Schmorglebot]

Thanks lads! Now if I can just get the weather to play nice!

['Dale]

Safe 

Have not heard of any incident there ever

What a beaut of a climb for reps 

[emme]

Climb  constructed to be a gradual 1:10 gradient for trucks.

 

Gives you good idea of what it means!

[ChrisF]

RESPECT to anybody that can climb that hill !!!

 

 

Security - dont see this as a problem

 

 

Safety - just watch for other vehicles "wondering" the lanes as the driver is not concentrating on the road.

 

 

PLEASE dont cut the corners on the way down !! I have had a couple of near miss accidents  while driving my car up there.  And there simply is NOT space to steer wide in a car ....

[dev null]

The first segment to the hairpin is quite tough, but get into a rhythm and it will be over before you know it. Then after the hairpin you get some respite for about 300 meters before it starts kicking up and up. The last section past the Bluegums is a killer, and then you're there.

 

I have yet to make this climb in one go without taking a rest to get my heartrate to come down.

 

Don't do this in the afternoon on a hot day. The heat will kill you.

[Slowbee]

Jiss. I tried that climb a few times. Very rewarding

ummm, tried and rewarding in same sentence

[milky4130]

It has had an incident or two over the years, but fairly safe. Tough bugger climb, but amazing views and incredibly rewarding. Scary as hell descending in a headwind.

then you should or shouldn't try ascending that mother into a headwind.

[Vetseun]

ummm, tried and rewarding in same sentence

My bad. I completed that climb a few times and the view was very rewarding.

[Slowbee]

My bad. I completed that climb a few times and the view was very rewarding.

take a bow sir.

 

that hil aint so easy, and not just the up! get it wrong on the down and you will have made a new extreme road bike riding sport.