Prince Alfred Pass
Category 218 km
Distance
550 m
Elevation Gain
3.1%
Average Gradient
8%
Max Gradient
700 m
Summit Elevation
Prince Alfred Pass is the gravel classic of the Garden Route — an 18km Category 2 ascent through the Outeniqua mountains between Knysna and Avontuur that Thomas Bain completed in 1867 as the first engineered road linking the Knysna lagoon with the interior, and that remains today a gravel road of ex...
Pro Tip
Prince Alfred Pass requires gravel-appropriate kit and tyre selection — a road bike with 28mm tyres will manage the lower forest sections at reduced speed but the upper quartzite surface and loose sec...