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Another Cicerone title, Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas by Des Clark, details many routes, including winter climbs, covering areas in the Western Atlas, Toubkal massif and further east. With comprehensive coverage of certain areas, as against this book’s wider, narrative coverage, it is highly recommended as a companion volume, alongside Cicerone’s Trekking in the Atlas by Karl Smith, which describes some of the more popular trekking routes.

I was just lucky that Kipling’s ‘everlasting whisper’ came to me. ‘Go and look behind the Ranges – something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!’ The whisper is always there; its imperative is still ours to accept. Morocco is simply one of the world’s most rewarding lands for mountain activities. My hope is that these tales will set other feet searching for the magic of the High Atlas.

MIDDLE ATLAS AND EASTERN HIGH ATLAS

Flocks on the slopes of Jbel Masker (Route 3)

ROUTE ONE

Jbel Tazekka (Tazzeka) 1980m

CommitmentA day-walk from the nearest motorable road, which could even be completed in a day from Fes. Camping nearby or using local accommodation as described is a better option – enjoy the magnificiently different area. About 7km and 500m of ascent from the road.Maps100: Taza (but really a road map and the description given would suffice).TextsFully described in HB.Travel to startUsing public transport one would have to find a shared taxi up from Taza – with an opportunist return. An easy but scenic drive in hired transport or self-drive care hire from Fes.Local assistanceNot needed. A park visitor centre at Bab bou Idir is worth a visit, situated by the maison forestière.

A fine, easy walk to the high point of the glorious cedar forests of north-east Morocco.