High Atlas of Morocco: From Arous to Amniter (April
2013)
Section 2: Abachkou
to Tarbat-n-Tirsal
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Small
village after Abachkou.
Isolated Kasbah
further up toward Tizi n-Tighist.
Village of Ighboula, with Jebel Tadaghast in
the background
Tizi n-Tighist (2399m), looking eastward.
Petroglyphs
on slabs of pink sandstone at Tizi-n-Tighist. These
engravings are said to be several thousand years (3000?) old. Some represent
battle scenes with horses, carriages, spears, shields (circular shapes), ...
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Village of Iskad below Tizi-n-Tighist.
Village of Tagassalt further down in the same valley.
Village of Tarbat-n-Tirsal. It consists of
several groups of houses.
We spent two
nights in Tarbat-n-Tirsal
in a local house.
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The Jebel Rat
ridge seen from Tarbat-n-Tirsal. Its highest point (3781m)
is hidden by the rightmost summit in these two pictures.
After the
first night in Tarbat-n-Tirsal, I
climbed to the ridge of Jebel Rat with Majid, my friendly host in Tarbat-n-Tirsal.
Underneath
the rock band.
Majid
crossing a snow patch.
On the ridge.
(The villages of Iskad and Tagassalt
are visible in the first photo.)
View over Tarbat-n-Tirsal from the ridge.
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