Linda Marais, who hadn’t cycled much since High School, conquers the 2018 Glacier Storms River Traverse. Photo: www.zcmc.co.za The curtains of the 2018 Glacier Storms River Traverse have officially drawn to a close.   With three-stages through sections of the Tsitsikamma National Park and along the Storms River coastline, the event was every adventure-seekers utopia. Far above the thrill of traversing through South Africa’s ...

Dr Alexander Zühlke stands in the halls of the Tygerberg Hospital. There is not a mountain bike in sight. But when the Glacier Storms River Traverse begins hundreds of kilometres away on Friday 10 August, Dr Zühlke and the many teams riding in this three-day stage race on the Garden Route will be united by a common cause – to ...

Yolande de Villiers and Sarah Hill got Women’s Month off to a winning start as they dominated the 2017 Glacier Storms River Traverse in the solo women’s and mixed categories respectively. de Villiers not only won the solo women’s race but was also the first rider across the finish line on all three days; while Hill, riding with Gavin Salt, ...

Entries to the 2017 Glacier Storms River Traverse are less limited by the capacity of the event as they are by the capacity of the Storms River Village. With most of the accommodation in the hamlet already booked for the weekend of the 3rd to the 6th of August, the opportunities to join for a long weekend of bliss in ...

The second stage of the Glacier Storms River Traverse took place on the forestry roads around the Eastern Cape village of Storms River on Sunday the 7th of August. The 43.2km stage featured a notoriously tough climb and lots of scenic riding. At the sharp end of the race, Etnard Louw and Hanco Kachelhoffer of Team NFB Altech Autopage added ...

In 2013 when the Southern Cape was in the grip of the worst drought in living memory, Dryland Event Management began implementing steps to ensure their events became ‘water neutral’. As one of South Africa’s largest event organisers Dryland prides itself on the company’s sustainable approach to both business and the environments within which it operates. The 2016 Glacier Storms ...

Taking place in the beautiful, untouched gem that is Tsitsikamma, the Glacier Storms River Traverse is set to be a top-class mountain biking race complete with phenomenal views, world-class trails and great hospitality. Whether you are an experienced rider or just starting out, this three stage event should be on your bucket list. Consisting of three fairly short stages (62.2km, ...