Irene J Notrem Foundation sponsors a local rider.

We are proud to announce that the Irene J Notrem Foundation (IJNF) will be sponsoring one Basotho Rider in this year’s Lesotho Sky Race. IJNF is an American non-profit organization that supports youth education throughout Lesotho, South Africa and the USA. Irene...

Thaba Bosiu: A mountain by day, a fortress by night.

The 2017 Lesotho Sky is going to be steeped in heritage and culture. We intend to take riders on trails not only loaded with stoke, but rich in Basotho culture. As race organisers, we don’t take our life in Lesotho for granted. We’ve fallen in love with this amazing...

Lesotho Sky 2016 Race Report: Day 3

All photos: Wayne Reiche This stage is probably among the toughest stages in any official mountain bike race in southern Africa. It is 86km of pure grind and grit. For the first half of the stage, riders had tricky river crossings to deal with, and battled up and down...

The Makhalaneng River

Makhalaneng River The Lesotho Sky race, criss-cross and snakes alongside one of Lesotho’s beautiful rivers, The Makhaleng. The river originates north-west of the 2886 m high Machache in the Maluti Mountains. It flows south-west across the Lesotho Highlands past the...

Gate of Paradise Pass

Gate of Paradise Pass The Gate of Paradise Pass is a well known (and feared) climb during the Lesotho Sky stage race. Founder of the Malealea trading post, Mervyn Bosworth-Smith had a passion for road-making. He built the road from the Malealea Lodge to the Gate of...