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Trekking, desert, mountains and the roads between — written from Morocco, at the pace the country actually moves.

5 pieces matching “toubkal”

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Two ski tourers skinning across a snow bowl below a rocky cirque in the High Atlas, one raising both poles
Trekking
High Atlas

What Everything Costs, Part 1: The Mountains

Trekking, Toubkal, ski touring, mountain biking and the Atlas day trips — real prices in dirham and euro, how long each takes, and what is genuinely included.

6 min read
A fortified cliff granary built into an overhanging rock face high above a gorge, its stone storeys following the ledge
Trekking
High Atlas & Anti-Atlas

Trekking in Morocco: Which Route Is Right for You?

Toubkal, the M'Goun traverse, the Anti-Atlas, the Sahara and Jebel Saghro compared honestly — by days, altitude, difficulty and what each one is actually like underfoot.

5 min read
A line of ski tourers skinning up a broad snow slope in the High Atlas, bare brown ridges and a valley visible far below
Mountains
High Atlas

Ski Touring and Splitboarding in the High Atlas

Skinning up 4,000-metre peaks with the Sahara on the horizon. The season, the routes off Toubkal and Oukaimeden, avalanche reality, what to bring, and why Morocco is the most underrated touring country in reach of Europe.

7 min read
Trekkers in insulated jackets on the rocky summit ridge of Toubkal at first light, jagged pinnacles and the final plateau behind them
Trekking
High Atlas

Climbing Toubkal: What the Mountain Actually Asks

North Africa's highest peak is a walk, not a climb — but at 4,167 metres it is a walk that punishes anyone who treats it casually. Seasons, the refuge, the guide rule, and the altitude.

4 min read
A long bare ridgeline of grey limestone above a deep cirque, summit cairns in the foreground and no vegetation at this altitude
Trekking
Central High Atlas

The M'Goun Traverse: Morocco's Better Long Walk

A hundred metres shorter than Toubkal and a fraction as busy. Six days from the Happy Valley over a 4,068-metre summit, through gorges you wade rather than walk.

3 min read