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This book uses metres and kilometres throughout (as that is what is used on the maps) and, to aid navigation, key places and features shown on the sketch maps are highlighted in bold in the narrative.

The Nfis gorges below Oumzra (Route 37)

Using this guide

While much of what follows is narrative, at the end of each section is a box summarising practical route information and giving any other source of information on a particular peak, including useful descriptions in other books. Titles of maps and texts are given as an abbreviation, which can be checked in Appendix B. There are frequent references to the English translation of a work by Michael Peyron, who has roamed the Atlas like few others and gathered together information under the title La Grande Traversee de l’Atlas Maroccain (GTAM; translated as ‘The Great Atlas Traverse Morocco’). The two volumes of this in English, referred to as MP1 and MP2, are indispensable.

Most English guidebooks have concentrated on Toubkal and some of the set-piece commercial treks. The authors are often trek leaders who are repeating treks and, after a few years, move on. There are naturally fewer references in this book to such guidebooks. Of the general guidebooks I’ve mostly used the Rough Guide to Morocco (and have written the sections on the Atlas Mountains), as it is full of useful and interesting background information. In Appendix B are also listed a few general works which anyone fascinated by Morocco would find a good read. This is, after all, the nearest truly exotic land to Europe.