Trek Around Jebel Waougoulzat
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My
daughter Laurence and I did a 7-day trek around Jebel Waougoulzat in
the central part of the High Atlas in June 2004. These are photos of this trek.
We started and finished in Tabant in the valley of the Ait
Bouguemez, North of the Jebel Waougoulzat.
Village of Ait Imi, near Tabant, with Jebel Waougoulzat in
the background
Western part of the valley
of the Ait Boughemez
Lower portion of the Assif
Arous valley
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Middle portion of the Assif Arous valley before the steep gorges (Jebel Mgoun is in the background)
Plateau above Jebel Arous
(the site of our first night) and Laurence looking for the trail on the map
Laurence reaching the
first pass (Tizi Asdremt-n-Ait Bou Oulli)
View of Jebel Mgoun from Tizi Asdremt-n-Ait Bou
Oulli
Shepherd houses just below
Tizi-n-Tanout
Along Assif Amougr
Reaching the junction of
Assif Amougr and Assif Oulilimt into Assif Mgoun, at Tighremt-n-Ait Ahmed
Along Assif Mgoun
The ′′gite′′ (homestay) at
El Mrabitine
Hiking in Assif Mgoun
below Imi Nirkt
Gorges of Assif Amejgag,
which flows into Assif Mgoun
a
Camp
along Assif Amejgag. In this spot, there was a scorpion under every rock! We were
glad to have a tent.
The small village of
Ighrem-n-Ait Isso
Valley north of
Ighrem-n-Ait Isso, looking toward Tiliwine and Adrar-n-Ouchane in the background
(the trail to Adrar-n-Ouchane, starts at the end
of the valley, the last shepherd settlement, on the right. It follows the
stream′s bed to the end. The trail is not well marked, if at all, at the
beginning)
Views from the Adrar-n-Ouchane plateau, down
into a canyon leading to lake Izourar
The Aqqa-n-Tazaght canyon and our camp on a ledge of this canyon (we
could not follow along the canyon, and eventually returned to the top)
a
Jebel Aroudane
(view from South and from East)
Making
lunch along the trail (fast-food couscous in
The
depression of Lake Izourar (no water in summer!)
Reaching the West end of
the Ait Bouguemez valley
Laurence with two girls in
Zawyat Oulmzi
Stone houses in Zawyat
Oulmzi
Soukh in Tabant
Final rest at the
comfortable ′′gite′′ of Tabant
