Climbing in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas - A Climber's Guidebook
Climbing in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas
Tafroute and Jebel el Kest by Claude Davies
Guidebook includes climbing routes on 25 immense crags on the south side of Morocco's Jebel el Kest, 120km south-east of Agadir, based from Tafroute. The superb rock conditions on the pink quartzite rock provide excellent and adventurous rock climbing routes of up to 500 metres high across all grades. More...
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Seasons
All months except May to October when temperatures are too hot to contemplate climbing and Read More... walking; November and December are the “wet season”.Centres
Access is through Agadir, the climbing is based from the pleasant town of Tafroute.Difficulty
These routes are remote and long trad climbs in a wild environment. Many of the climbs are Read More... mid-grade. But there is no rescue so be prepared and equipped properly.Must See
Massive walls of barely climbed rock!A great many new routes that have been done (there are quite a number) have in substantial part been done by climbers who have not been associated with the original team members. (The guide book has certainly resulted in many people visiting the area). Their routes have in part been recorded in a large book that is kept at Les Amandier Hotel in Tafrout. These records are often simple text with no photo.
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