M'Goun

Jbel M'Goun from the north ( Tarkeddit )

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The Jbel M'Goun (also Ighil M'Goun, rare Ighil n'Oumsoud ) is with its 4068 meters after the Jbel Toubkal ( 4167 m ) and its neighboring peaks, the Jbel Ouanoukrim ( 4089 m), the third highest mountain in Morocco and North Africa. The mountain massif of M'Goun has no distinctive or dominant peak but a nearly 10 km long chain of mountain peaks ( crête ) whose altitude is always fluctuates around 3,500 to 4,000 m.

Location

The Jbel M'Goun is located about 20 km south of the village of Agouti in Aït Bougoumez Valley. The summit is already in the province of Ouarzazate. The Jbel Toubkal is about 100 km as the crow flies to the west. The Assif M'Goun rises on its eastern flank and ends at El - Oued Dades Kelâa M'Gouna in forming his part in Ouarzazate along with other small tributaries, Oued Draa to.

Geology

The running in the east-west direction of the chain of summits M'Goun is formed by an anticlinal saddle made ​​of hard limestone, which is formed during the geological folding of the High Atlas. During the ice ages of the Quaternary several glacial valleys originated in north-south direction.

Climate

Precipitation in the form of snow falls only in the winter months ( October to February ); summer rains are extremely rare. From about April, the day temperatures on the south side of the mountain daytime normally plus degrees so that abschmilzen the last winter snow fields. On the north side they remain a little longer to disappear, however, no later than July.

Ascent

A ( May to September ) possible in the summer months for mountain inexperienced tourists ascent of Jbel M'Goun is usually made ​​as part of a three-day north-south crossing of Agouti in Aït Bougoumez Valley and usually ends in the village Amezri. A winter ascent is also possible and is considered to be somewhat simpler than that of the Toubkal.