Cascades MTB Park — XCO Loop
Hard
mtb
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal trailforks Loading map…
Elevation profile
Min 56m · Max 272m · Gain 443m · 16 km
Route stats
- Distance
- 16 km
- Elevation gain
- 440 m
- −440 m descent
- Max grade
- 9.6%
- 2.8% avg
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Singletrack
- Route type
- Loop
About this route
The free-to-ride home of KZN mountain biking, stitched from technical mist-belt singletrack that hosted the 2011-2012 UCI World Cups and the 2013 World Championships. The XCO network weaves tight switchbacks in and out of forest behind the Cascades Lifestyle Centre, with easier forestry tracks to bail onto when the rooty climbs bite.