I have had my eye on doing this ridge in the Cathedral Peak area for a while ! This is the ridge that runs between the Try Me Hill Ridge and Mikes Pass with Rainbow Gorge in the middle.
We had hiked up past Ribbon Falls on the Saturday in horrendously hot weather ( at least 32 degrees C) and found a tenting spot on the contour path near the eNdumeni river that flows down into Rainbow Gorge. There’s a lovely pool there which we certainly took advantage of in the heat. This was the only running water that we found all day - we bypassed Ribbon Falls so didn’t have a look there and the area above the falls, although wet, was hardly flowing.
We woke up to a white out on Sunday morning but by the time we got on to the ridge, the mist started clearing so we were able to enjoy the views. An easy enjoyable walk and we followed Eland paths most of the way. We kept to the Mikes Pass side and eventually made our way down a steep gully to where a grassy ramp descends to Rainbow Gorge. We came across a small cave in the rock band with some interesting paintings which was totally unexpected. I am not sure that this route is frequented by hikers, but it is obviously heavily used by the Eland. Despite my suffering with energy levels in the heat of the previous day, it was so good to get back in to the Berg after a 3 month absence!
