The weather on Toubkal this month has been very unpredictable. Several trekking groups have been disappointed to find that Morocco is not always the land of blue skies, and some have failed to summit. The snow had almost melted off at the end of April, but there were more storms and a significant dump of
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Toubkal Snow Conditions – May 2016
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Arriving in a Berber village
Trekking up into the Atlas mountains and arriving at the first Berber village can be an unforgettable experience. This place is a world away from the life we know in Europe, an almost forgotten land where time is still measured by daylight and the seasons rather than by watches. Indeed many villages refuse to change
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Unseasonable rain and Atlas flowers
Morocco, the land of blue skies, has begun to feel more like Wales! This winter’s weather in Morocco has been very unusual. Back in December, there had been so little rain that the Berber shepherds were having to go up to the summer pastures to find grazing for their flocks. That could have turned bad
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Toubkal winter conditions update
I haven’t been up to the refuges this week, but what remains of last month’s last snowfall is very nearly gone now. Today’s picture is taken across the Tizi n Test valley looking towards the Toubkal massif. Just a little snow remains in the gulleys, and a bit of a snow field still sits on
