Saturday morning start at Naudesig Farm in the Hex River Valley
View towards Sandhills
Approaching the Keeromsberg ascent via a kloof
The first steep bit...
The first cliff
Still cloudy, but trying to clear...
Morning tea stop
First glimpse of Ben Heatlie
Sentinel, Buffelshoek Peak, Shale Peaks, Milner Ridge Peak, Milner Needle, Milner Peak
Zoom view of Milner Needle and Milner Peak
The slog continues...
Lunch stop
A scrambly section higher up...
Water break
Matroosberg (top left) and De Doorns (bottom right)
Groothoek Peak, Roodeberg, Conical Peak, Matroosberg
The red cliffs of Ben Heatlie above
Another rest...
Ben Heatlie to the south
Roger getting an adrenalin rush!
(flower needing ID)
Rock formation
(flowers needing ID)
Groothoek Peak, Roodeberg, Conical Peak, Matroosberg - another view
A stream at long last!
Nearing the campsite
Thordis, Lucille, Gill
The first snow patch on the burnt summit ridge...
Looking south-eastwards to Simonskloof and the Langeberg
Saturday evening at the campsite
Sunset over the Langeberg...
..and...
...the Karoo
The ridge above the campsite
Sunday morning at the campsite
Keeromsberg, as seen from the campsite
Morning mist over Simonskloof
Setting out for Ben Heatlie...
Gill
Snow on the jeep track up Ben Heatlie
The summit beacon on Ben Heatlie
View across to Milner Peak and its neighbours
Worcester and Brandvlei Dam below to the west
The western end of the Hex River Valley below
Jenni, Sandy, Gill, Martin - at the Ben Heatlie summit beacon
The Little Karoo to the east...
Crossing over to Keeromsberg
Ascending Keeromsberg
Looking towards the campsite
The nek just below Keeromsberg's summit
Krisada
Sandy
Snow
Robin S, Lucille, AN Other
Prominent rock
The thickest snow encountered on the trip!
Another view of it...
Robin S
Robin S and Sandy
View to the west
The front-runners already at the Keeromsberg summit beacon
Looking north-westwards to some of the Hex River peaks...
...and southwards to the Riviersonderend Mountains
Ben Heatlie in the north-west foreground
The group at the Keeromsberg summit beacon
Sandy on the beacon
Worcester, with Du Toit's Peak behind to the south-west
Pilaarkop (Riviersonderend Mountains) to the south-east
Saw Edge Peak in the middle distance, with the Langeberg behind to the south-east
Descending from Keeromsberg towards the campsite
More snow patches on the burnt slopes...
...and some ice on the rocks
Just after leaving the campsite on the way down
Red rock
Another view of Ben Heatlie
A quick drinks break...
...and more steep descending
A last look back up at Ben Heatlie
Fungus / mushrooms
The last stretch...
...of the main descent
Down the kloof...
...and finishing back at the farm
