Toubkal

Aerial view of Walter Mittelholzerstrasse, December 1930

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The Toubkal ( Djebel Toubkal also, Jebel Toubkal Massif du Toubkal or, Arabic توبقال Tubqal ) is the highest mountain in the High Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa. With 4167 meters, it is also the highest mountain in Morocco.

Location

The Toubkal is located about 63 kilometers south of the city of Marrakech, in the Toubkal National Park. The mountain is located in a rugged, rocky landscape in the midst of several four-thousand. In the winter, snow falls, which is also used for winter sports, but melts on the south side at not more than in the summer months.

Ascent

The Toubkal is fairly easy to climb in proportion to its height, at least in the summer months and is therefore considered among climbers as a summit, where you can very well find the thin mountain air. From the top you have a beautiful panoramic view of the south of Morocco and - under favorable weather conditions - even on the south of the mountain lies the Sahara. Starting point for an ascent is usually the Berber village of Imlil, where a road link from Marrakech ends.

For a climb via the normal route it takes two days. The starting point is Imlil ( 1740m ) and the mountain village leaders Around. About the Monastery Sidi Chamharouch in Mizane Valley opens onto mule paths to Neltner hut ( Refuge Neltner, CAF, 3207 m). The summit ascent takes place from the hut mostly pathless scree / debris and, depending on snow conditions, snow fields. Most path -grooves are present. Maps are in scale 1:50000, Booth 1996.

The meltwater of the Toubkal form a plurality of small streams, most of which drain into the lower lying mountain areas in the spring. The extremely important for the south of Morocco Oued Souss rises on the eastern slope of Mount Toubkal Massif, first flows in a southerly, then later to the west and finally empties into the Atlantic Ocean south of Agadir.