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CommitmentA day’s drive in and a long slog of an ascent to follow; the mountain catches snow and offers the best sport for ski mountaineering. It has a long summit crest or, from Tizi Yllaz (S), the easy but rotten rock scramble we climbed.Maps100: Zawyat Ahancal; 50: Zawyat Ahancal. MM would be adequate alone. Or, observe and go. See Route 9 for route map.TextsAll the French old hands describe Azurki, always on ski raids, and give routes/illustrations accordingly: MP2, AF, AFC, HG, BD.Travel to startGoudron then piste from Azilal through Aït Mhammed on the Bou Guemez old road, turning off for Azurki. If trekking, from the Tizi Yllaz, reached from either the Assemsouk/Zawyat Ahancal east, or Bou Guemez/Lac Izoughar, west. We climbed c777m from the Tizi Yllaz; the northern flanks would be longer, ± 1000m.Local assistanceMules, guides and gîtes in the Bou Guemez.

Above the rolling waves of green foothills this hill rises like a fin on the southern horizon – a great peak at any time, a noble objective and a superlative viewpoint.