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Although all the High Atlas has been mapped by the French at both 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scale, the maps are difficult to get hold of. Exceptions to this are a set of four maps at 1:100,000 scale for the region around Toubkal.

There is a Spanish 1:50,000 (Orientazion) map of the Toubkal area (without any cliff markings whatsoever!) and a 1:100,000 sketch-type map of the Mgoun massif published by West Col.

There is also a series of Russian maps at 1:100,000, but all the place names are in Cyrillic. In addition there is a series of 1:160,000 scale maps based on another Russian survey published by EWP, but these are difficult to work off to any degree of accuracy due to their scale. However, they do give an overall impression of an area.

On the whole, the French 1:50,000 series is the most reliable for the whole range, but casual visitors stand almost no chance of obtaining copies as access to them is, in theory, restricted to the military. In some gites and CAF refuges there is often a single map for the local area on public display, but over time these maps have faded, and so trying to pick out contour detail is often impossible.