The Stormsvlei Poort is one of those delightful passes that few people know about, yet it is close to the main trunk routes and has a long history. The poort offers lovely scenery as it descends down from the Bonnievale area to the tiny hamlet of Stormsvlei. At 6,19 km with an altitude drop of 195m, it produces an average gradient of 1:17 with some of the steeper sections being at 1:9 The poort is tarred and summits at 311m ASL.
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