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Having seen Laqroun and the Cathedral on GTAM95 I was keen to return to the area – which we did in May 1997. We took in various peaks and passes from the Bou Guemez valley and down the Ahancal valley to camp at Tamga below the Cathedral. The piste in from Wawizaght and the Bin el Ouidane would be the straightforward access for Laqroun, and I’m sure I’d noted a helpful description in MP2, for we largely followed his line describing a route over the Tizi n’ Wanargi along the south flank of the mountain.

From above Tamga, the Aqqa n’ Irghis/Aqqa n’ Oufezzat runs up along under Laqroun to the 2650m Tizi n’ Wanargi, an exceptionally pleasant and varied walk. First light on the Cathedral seen through the trees rewarded an early start. The lower Irghis I compared to the Nevis gorge, with a high path wending through pines then, later, oak, ash and box. Shingles and an intermittent stream which finally disappeared made us wonder about a camp water supply, but at a gorge we found a source, the mules caught up, tents blossomed and we dined with the scent of genistas in the air.