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To Hell & Back Extreme MTB Tour

Start date: 2019-11-16
End date: 2019-11-17
Time: 00:00 - 00:00
Location: Entrance Gate of De Hoek Holiday Resort.
November 2019 | Western Cape

Description: This race proudly is the first MTB stage race in South Africa. The views while riding on these historic roads are extraordinary, jaw dropping and nail biting all in one. It is known as the longest mountain pass in South Africa.
The overnight stop in The Hell means everybody stays together, which makes for a great atmosphere. The uniqueness of the race village is ‘captured’ within the shear remoteness of Gamkaskloof, no electricity, no cell reception, no TV, not even radio reception.
It was in 1995 that the first To Hell and Back took place. It came about from the love of riding and to popularise The Hell. Due to limited accommodation and facilities in The Hell, only 500 participants are allowed.
Die Hel (The Hell) is the colloquial name for a remote green valley in the Swartberg mountains. Twenty-five kilometres long and half-a-kilometre wide, the valley was once home to a thriving community of self-sustaining farmers whose only access to the outside world was a sketchy bridle path on the western end of the Gamkaskloof and the rugged Gamkapoort itself. It was only in 1962 that the first “real” road, and the one used currently, was built into the valley. It remains the only road, and its twisty hairpins form the route for the infamous there-and-back two-day sojourn that is the To Hell & Back Extreme MTB Tour.
Postal address: PO Box 12154, Garden Route Mall, George, 6546.
E-mail: team@ecobound.co.za
Last edited: 2018/11/19

To Hell & Back Extreme MTB Tour, easy Travellers online Guide for South Africa
To Hell & Back Extreme MTB Tour, easy Travellers online Guide for South Africa