Djebel Toubkal

The Jebel Toubkal is the highest point of the High Atlas as well as Morocco and North Africa with 4,167 m. It is located 63 km south of Marrakech, in the province of Al Haouz, inside the national park that bears his name.
The Toubkal massif consists of rocks of various natures. On the tops of andesite and rhyolite are dark volcanic rocks.

Glaciers have left characteristic marks of their passage in the form of trough valleys. During the glaciation of Würm, the current valley of Assif n'Ait Mizane (the valley of Toubkal refuge) was occupied by the longest glacier of the Atlas. It was 5 km long.
The climate prevailing at Jebel Toubkal is of the mountain type. The snow falls in winter and covers the summit.

The ascent of the roof of North Africa attracts a large number of trekking enthusiasts. This climb attracts all the more the crowd that it does not present great technical difficulties and that the assistance of the muleteers and their mules reduce the physical efforts. The distance and the drop are still relatively important since between Imlil and Mount Toubkal hikers travel about 35 kilometers round trip with a drop of almost 5,000 meters. The altitude is relatively high (3,200 meters at the refuge and 4,167 meters at the summit), the risk of acute mountain sickness (headaches, nosebleeds, vomiting) is not zero although its effects remain very moderate at this height.