Lower Steenberg Peak
The cache is hidden at the top of this 504m mountain on the northeast corner of the east Silvermine section of Table Mountain National Park with spectacular views in all directions. There is an existing Virtual Cache nearby - Raymond E’s 2002 GC51A0 Lightning Conductor? and SawaSawa's GC3G8J0 Steenberg Rock Shelter is on the regular ascent path to the summit– so now you may have several reasons to make the effort to visit this great location!
The cache, a small sandwich box with several tradeable items, is hidden behind a rock on a small ledge just below surface level/the top of a small vertical crack in the flat rocks, adjacent to two larger rocks which are about 15m south from the mast and in a direct line with Constantiaberg, the mast and Hangklip Point.
To reach the cache:
There are many ways to get there including the following four:
1) From the northern end of Boyes Drive via the highly entertaining Steenberg Buttress route* and capeccr’s fine cache GC2K31R Steenberg Igloo. The terrain rating of 4 relates to this route - for other routes it would be 3.5. Park @ S 34 5.216 E 18 27.019. *as described in Karen Watkin’s ‘Off the Beaten Track’
Some additional notes on this route which is mostly fairly obvious and generally pretty well marked with cairns – especially if you find yourself in cloud: when you reach the top of the buttress, the easiest way to reach the nearby summit and cache location is to follow the ridge south and then the line of the old cable pipe which you will find around S 34 5.636 E 18 26.829.
Waypoints for Descent from LSP Summit: When leaving the summit head SW along the ridge and then down a little towards S 34 5.666 E 18 26.859 where you will pick up a faint trail heading down and on to S 34 5.680 E 18 26.864. Continue heading down SW through a rock corridor and past the large rock shelter (location of GC3G8J0 Steenberg Rock Shelter) and further down to where you will meet a distinct trail @ S 34 5.730 E 18 26.947. Follow this down to meet the jeep track by the corner of the communications mast fence @ S 34 5.901 E 18 27.047. From there the trails are distinct and most junctions well marked.
2) From Muizenberg Centre / Boyes Drive above Surfer’s Corner via Farmer Peck’s Valley (and the ‘endless stone steps’!) Park @ or near S 34 6.416 E 18 27.991, head up the steps at the top of the road to Boyes Drive then walk about 60m south to the starting gateway to the mountain.
3) From Boyes Drive above Zandvlei passing east of Rooikrantz. Park @ S 34 5.603 E 18 27.550
4) From Silvermine East (Gate 2) via Wolfkop Steps and Higher Muizenberg Peak. Park anywhere in the large parking area – if you park @ S 34 5.456 E 18 25.282 (the most eastern spot) take the trail heading east out of the parking area which joins the main jeep track heading south after around 150m just opposite the start of the trail to Wolfkop Steps and up onto the mountain.
For options 2) 3) and 4): Make your way to waypoint WP5 then follow the Waypoints for Descent from LSP Summit (above) in reverse, ie. WP4 – WP3 – WP2 – LSP Cache or Lightning Conductor? Cache.
Enjoy the trails and (weather permitting) great views!