I rode MH1 the other day from Tounfit and have to say, from the state of the road, I think I will reclassify it as a piste in the new edition.
As I mentioned elsewhere here, much of the road west to the Imilchil N12 junction is potholed or has lost its asphalt altogether (especially over 2200m). It would get pretty gruelling in a van.
At the Tounfit end they're putting big new bridges in; maybe the start of a 100-km refurb?
The 2900-m Ouano pass is freshly sealed 22km from Agoudal to the summit. From there, diggers are working their way down the 16km to the Tilmi valley road along rough and not yet widened piste (pic), with thickly ground dust from the machinery.
And from Tilmi the road is pretty patchy for 21km until the Gorge to Gorge junction.
Near the summit they were still chipping away at 6pm, but I imagine it will take them the rest of the year, let alone redoing the current road from Tilmi to G2G junction.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 17 Feb 2024 at 09:10.
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