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Although they have been suggested, there are no permits or official trekking fees to be negotiated for the High Atlas. The only tax is one charged by your accommodation provider, but this is often included in the stated price and you will not see any extras charged as such. Long may this situation continue.

Planning and Maps

As for all mountain trips, planning is vital before you leave your home country. There is a world of difference, however, between planning an excursion to the High Atlas and the Alps, where you can expect reliable travel timetables, the presence of hut guardians, accurate avalanche warnings and weather forecasts, and easily available high quality maps. In addition, other than in the developing Toubkal and Mgoun regions, in the High Atlas there is little in the way of mountaineering tradition or developed trekking routes such as one encounters in many parts of the Himalaya and in some parts of the Andes, for instance. Easy access from Europe can belie the fact that the High Atlas is a range of mountains still largely undeveloped for climbing or trekking, apart from in those areas already mentioned.