An easy scramble path up Table

 Mountain

One of the most enjoyable hiking routes up the Camps Bay side of Table Mountain is the Diagonal route. This is an easy scramble route that begins 500m before the Kasteelpoort turn off the Pipe Track. The beginning is a steep climb up a well marked track towards Blind Gully. Then at  +/-500m you turn right and follow the contour around Porcupine Buttress. Then another climb up Porcupine ravine before another right turn at 650m takes you around Jubilee buttress. A final steep climb and you emerge at the top meeting with the path to “Valley of the Red Gods”

Diagonal Path

Whilst the stretches along the contours offer a chance for the lungs and legs to recover from the steep sections. They also offer an opportunity to savour the views. This route is on the main table side of the 12 apostles thus the view takes in all the apostles, the Atlantic Ocean and Camps Bay.

View of Camps Bay from the top of Diagonal Path

View of the back table from the top of Diagonal path

From the top, you can walk to main table via Valley of the Red gods and Echo Valley. Or follow the 12 apostles and descend via any of the routes descending onto the Pipe Track.