Northern Berg escarpment loops from Sentinel Car Park/Amphitheatre

DarkwingDave wrote: Also, what is the distance from Fangs back to the carpark? Doable in a day? Fitness levels are pretty good...

Do you mean Sentinel car park, or the MCC (since you mentioned descending Fangs earlier)? I have done both before, and both are do-able in a day, though descending the pass walking to the MCC can be a longish day so watch that it doesn't run away on you. Fangs to Sentinel Car Park is best done via the inland route which I refer to as the "Khubedu Shunt" - it can be done in 8 hours or so at a steady but normal hiking pace. Interestingly enough, both routes are roughly the same distance, about 22.5km more or less.

No caves around Stimela that I'm aware of. The closest one to the actual peak would be Mbundini Pass Cave, but that’s out of the way and not a good cave anyway. There is a river between Icidi Buttress and Stimela Peak. Its apparently called the Khohloana-Ea-Ha-Molupe . I usually stop there for a drink or lunch, and have found water there in winter too. In summer the stream starts closer to the Stimela Peak but now there would probably only be water further down where the valley gets bigger. You could camp there. The nice views would be up on the neck behind Stimela Peak where you flip over to Mbundini, and there is lots of flattish ground around for camping. Only thing is you would have to carry your water up there and cope with wind. From there you could follow the ridge inland going West to link up with the Khubedu Shunt - I have done this before too and its pretty straightforward. I do have tracks which I will upload when I have a gap - otherwise check the map, the route is on there.

DarkwingDave wrote: Is there a GPS track for the "shunt"?

Please see updated version of Grand Traverse download where it is included as a variation.