A return to the Moroccan High Atlas

By the time you read this, I’ll be in the High Atlas mountains in Morocco (hopefully) bagging a few 4,000ers.

I was there three years ago, almost by accident. I left it too late to organise my Christmas/New Year trip that year, so I ended up joining two back-to-back group trips, the first to make winter ascents of Toubkal and Ouanoukrim, and the second a short desert trek in southern Morocco.

Approaching Toubkal Refuge in the Moroccan High Atlas

I hadn’t been too impressed by my two summer tr...