Platberg (Mount Everest Game Reserve) — Donkey's Pass Challenge
Hard
mtb
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Elevation profile
Min 1153m · Max 1608m · Gain 1198m · 45 km
Route stats
- Distance
- 45 km
- Elevation gain
- 1 200 m
- −300 m descent
- Max grade
- 6.8%
- 2.7% avg
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Jeep track
- Route type
- Point-to-point
About this route
The classic Dirty Harry loop featuring the notorious Donkey's Pass—a relentless 3 km vertical climb up dual concrete strips with altitude-punishing gradient, followed by high-altitude jeep track traverse along the flat top with cliff-edge views toward KwaZulu-Natal.