Gydo Pass

[davidl]

I will be in the Ceres area for a few days over the weekend and intend to ride Gydo Pass for the first time. i have checked a few websites but cannot obtain the length of the pass from the foot to the top in both directions or the average gradient.

 

Can anyone who has done climbed the pass give me some information or indicate a website that has that information.

 

Thanks.

[V12man]

I will be in the Ceres area for a few days over the weekend and intend to ride Gydo Pass for the first time. i have checked a few websites but cannot obtain the length of the pass from the foot to the top in both directions or the average gradient.

 

Can anyone who has done climbed the pass give me some information or indicate a website that has that information.

 

Thanks.

 

https://www.strava.com/segments/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=gydo&filter_type=cycling&min-cat=0&max-cat=5&terrain=all

[V12man]

I am not sure why thats's not showing - but do a segment search of strava.com for "gydo" and you will get everything you need to know.

[SURFER]

The 7 km long pass is named after a species of euphorbia which covers the slopes of the Skurweberg (an Afrikaans word that directly translates to Rough mountain). Great photo opportunities from the viewpoint (safe parking) at the crest of the pass, overlooking colourful orchards, fields and dams, surrounded by rugged mountains, from where you can also see the road winding its way down from the pass, through beautiful, fairly uninhabited countryside. The pass is sometimes closed on a few days in winter, but mostly winter offers starkly beautiful scenery.

[Slowbee]

But be warned !

 

The cars know only two speeds.

 

Slow skedonkies... or superfast foot flat in the corner.

 

And if you ride it, its got lots of little false rises and stuff near the top.

[DirtyDan]

Are you wanting to ride the old, gravel pass on your mountain bike or the newer, tar road?

 

The bridge on the old pass (that forms part of the Christie Prins hiking trail) burned down about 2 months ago, so you can't summit the old pass onto the tar road anymore. It was the local favourite to ride up the old pass (blerrie steep) and then bomb down the windy tar road.

 

However, now you could ride up the old pass to where the bridge used to be, near the top, just turn around and cruise back down... but doesn't have the same effect.

[Pure Savage]

But be warned !

 

The cars know only two speeds.

 

Slow skedonkies... or superfast foot flat in the corner.

 

And if you ride it, its got lots of little false rises and stuff near the top.

False rises? Surely false flats?

[Slowbee]

False rises? Surely false flats?

when you are called Savage, its all false flats.

 

when you are Slowbee everything greater than 1% is an uphill slog.

[Shebeen]

Are you wanting to ride the old, gravel pass on your mountain bike or the newer, tar road?

 

The bridge on the old pass (that forms part of the Christie Prins hiking trail) burned down about 2 months ago, so you can't summit the old pass onto the tar road anymore. It was the local favourite to ride up the old pass (blerrie steep) and then bomb down the windy tar road.

 

However, now you could ride up the old pass to where the bridge used to be, near the top, just turn around and cruise back down... but doesn't have the same effect.

I've ridden that loooong time ago.

 

how hectic is the river crossing at the bridge point? not possible to do on foot?

 

 

 

https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/Gydopas/@-33.2380933,19.3232703,78m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x1dcd43802355703f:0x21b2dca1c6557a52!8m2!3d-33.2347222!4d19.33

[DirtyDan]

I've ridden that loooong time ago.

 

how hectic is the river crossing at the bridge point? not possible to do on foot?

 

 

 

https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/Gydopas/@-33.2380933,19.3232703,78m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x1dcd43802355703f:0x21b2dca1c6557a52!8m2!3d-33.2347222!4d19.33

Unfortunately not. The lack of bridge has rendered it a dead-end...

[Shebeen]

Unfortunately not. The lack of bridge has rendered it a dead-end...

time to build bridges then!

 

gotcha

 

https://youtu.be/_ABoQpsvCNU?t=168