Route recce this week, with temperature hovering a bit over 39°C, the recce team were welcomed by the local scree with traditional slip-slithering-sliding.

Good news is that the cold winter has seen the Baviaans scree breeding exceptionally well, fragmenting into numerous new packs with a profusion of young all hyper excited and keenly  awaiting the 2011 trail runners.

The not so silent clicking-scraping of the scree as they move about is surely a wondrous and welcome sound.

The scree territory is worthy of caution.

The exceptionally heavy rain these past months has left impressive sights.

The wild flowers are staggering with their abundant colourful beauty, and the rivers are flowing strongly, in places really chucking down. Water is everywhere. Damp feet definitely on the cards this year.

In addition to the packs of scree the recce team also spotted duiker, bushbuck, klipspringer, mountain reedbuck and of course kudu. Numerous unidentified scat collections seen on the trail.

Class of 2011 is in for a classic Liberty Health Baviaanskloof Trail Run.