The great thing about Morocco’s Atlas Mountains would be that the hospitable climate helps make the alpine range available to climb year round.
The greatest of these mountains is definitely the mighty Mount Toubkal, residing in Toubkal National Park. At a spectacular 4,167m, it’s actually probably the highest peak in North Africa, that helps make climbing this specific hiker’s favourite is no small feat.
Deciding when to venture on your Mount Toubkal trek usually means considering that season appeals most to what you are searching for. All winter and summer season provide a selection of mixed advantages for the passionate adventurer. We thought we would set them plain and simple so you are able to determine on your own.
Trekking Mount Toubkal in Summer
The very first quality of summer which causes it to be markedly different from the winter hike up Mount Toubkal could be the weather condition. Summer promises calmer climes so could provide your ice axe at the doorstep. While the ascent remains challenging (4,167m, let us not forget), the heat of the Moroccan sun can take away the additional challenge of hiking through ice and ice. Peaks that lay beneath piles of ice just a couple of months prior are now completely exposed in a lovely earthy palette.
On our summer climb up Mount Toubkal, the day treks are going to start soon, so we are able to buy the times distance in before the maximum heating of the Moroccan sun. This means that the evenings of yours are spent experiencing the food ready through the tour’s personal chef, consuming the other worldly scenes.
Ascending through the generations old villages on the Berber Valley, rustic clay edifices are layered atop one another, with rich green farmland rolling out beneath & huge stretches of mountain soaring above. We will camp by the crystalline Lake Infi which, against the backdrop of the rust coloured landscape, seems a lot more azure.
The ascent is going to have you paying nights camping on blissful Moroccan meadows and help you move past amazing waterfalls. Though frozen through winter, you will audibly hear the torrent of them before you find them on our summer hike to Mount Toubkal’s summit.
Piqued your curiosity? We believed very. Properly, you are able to have fun with our famous 8 day Mount Toubkal trek between May and June.
Trekking Mount Toubkal in Winter
A 2 days toubkal trek in Winter is a totally unique experience, and there is absolutely no much better method to take pleasure in it than on our Mount Toubkal in Winter holiday. The adventure on the climb, initially from the peaceful foothills of the peaceful valleys, merely consuming the summits as being a spectator, and then hiking throughout the crunching snow to Toubkal’s peak, is amazing.
Because of the additional difficulty of trekking through the winter conditions, the trails are populated solely by sharp winter trekkers and are generally less noisy than in some other months. This quietude contributes to the serenity of a hike through the quiet, passes by & snowy peaks.
Though the farmlands might have lost the colour of theirs of the wintertime, or maybe be blanketed in a level of sharp snow, Berber Valley’s evergreen Juniper trees intersperse verdant flashes at the feet on the stove. Additionally, a winter weather trek would mean which you will encounter uninterrupted views of the Atlas Mountains created a lot more awe inspiring from the beautiful alabaster white color out of the snowfall.
In order to visit a winter sunset from Toubkal is unbeatable. The effusion of colors across the skyline burns in contrast that is stark to the niveous landscape all around. This white is dyed with the sun’s yellow and amber rays before an exceptional evening skies is revealed.
Spread across eight days, you are able to appreciate the winter adventure holiday between April and also November.
Hopefully this helps you choose that Mount Toubkal trek is best for you. Nevertheless, in case you still cannot make up the mind of yours (we do not blame you), of course, there is, an additional alternative: you might do both…