Several routes currently blocked after today's rains
- Ouarzazate to El Kelaa M'Gouna
- Ouarzazate to Marrakech
- Ouarzazate to Agadir
- Agadir to Essaouira

http://www.morocco-knowledgebase.net/tim/sidi_ifni.png
The lower part of Sidi Ifni under water. The three areas to the left with the blue arch is the camping van park. To the left of the headland you can see the Atlantic Ocean which is probably a muddy brown at the moment. (I'm just hoping the beach bar off photo to the left is OK)


Tafraoute (Hotel Salaam off to the right of the bridge)

That is just incredible

Oh dear, we had plan (A) head to Sidi IFni; plan (B) Agadir to Essaouria, I'd better prepare a plan (C) !
Can you reassure me that it can't carry on like that for the next 3 weeks?

Quick to rise, quick to fall. So long as the rain stops the floods will be out of the way in 48 hours max., though there may be a pile of mud left behind.

I have to admit I was surprised at how quickly they got the N9 Marrakech to Ouarzazate road open again (even if it's closed again already).

Can't reassure you at all, weather is always unpredictable, you can keep at eye on the Jetstream forecast at http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?a...etstream;sess=

The N9 Ouarzazate to Marrakech was blocked by snowfalls on Friday. Oukaimdene ski resort to the west of the pass received 350mm of snow. However... snow ploughs are pre-located on the mountain passes and I would expect the pass to be open tomorrow if not already.

The forecast for the Toubkal area (a bit to the west of the Tichka but close enough so the weather patterns are similar) is for no snow tonight, 30mm of snow Sunday night, then no more snow for several days. So once the pass is open it will be relatively easy to keep it that way.

The freezing level tonight is 2000m (the Tichka pass is about 2400m) and then Sunday onwards the freezing level is higher than the pass, so the snow should start to disappear by sublimation, i.e. it will evaporate rather than turn to water.

Road from Essaouira to Tan tan? is it open and safe?
 

Dec 3rd 2014 a few days after the 2 terrible floodings!
Here we are in Essaouira...
We? pedestrians, bikers, some just cycling other in trucks or vans, campers etc..
Essaouira is a worderful place but we all want to head south to the desert or even further south..................
Anyone knows if it is possible to go south, through Agadir and the most affected Goulmim area?
Bon voyage to everyone! Trek Salama!

From Agadir to Goulmim
I just got this
Guelmim: 11 routes ouvertes, la RN Guelmim-Sidi Ifni encore fermée
meaning that at this very moment all roads south are open....except the road north-north west from Goulmim to Sidi Ifni:rain:

The N9 Marrakech to Ouarzazate road over the Tizi n'Tichka will be closed for repairs from 3 to 7 December.

Sidi Ifni
 

We are currently stranded in Sidi Ifni. We are with our camper van, but we are bikers at heart, and have our trusty Yamasaki on the back of the van. Camp sites were evacuated last Thursday 27th. The flood arrived on Friday 28th and there has been no way in or out since! The road back towards Guelmim is closed. The road has been washed away just SE of Sidi Ifni, and we have been told bridges are out further along. The road to Tiznit also disappeared. The locals have dammed the river and since this morning (Wednesday 3rd) pedestrian access has been established. Currently the only vehicles making the crossing are dozers and diggers. The sun is shining again and the locals are being brilliant :smiliex:

Thanks for the update. On the positive side, there's worse places to be stranded! Fortunately the authorities were better prepared for the second storm otherwise who knows what might have happened if you weren't warned!

How's the beach bar at the bottom of the steps from Suerte Loca? Did it get drowned?

The cafe itself stood it's ground, but totally surrounded by mud and flotsam. The area of beach beyond the bar terrace has been totally destoyed....you can not reach the surf shop now. Rumour has it that Sidi Ifni Camping, Solymar and Gran Canaria sites will not reopen. El Barco site has vans parked up, going no where, as the acess road is still thick with mud.

Sidi Ifni
 

Just an update on Sidi Ifni..... The new bridge across the river is now open to traffic, this takes you north to Tiznit. Spoke to the driver who brought in an excavator on a low loader and road to Tiznit is ok. Still no route south east out towards Guelmim, likely to be a while yet for that one. There is still no public water supply but bowsers have been dotted around the town. If you're coming by bike, take a shower while you still can, and if coming by campervan, bring plenty of your own water!! Supplies of food and bottled water seem adequate now. Bottled gas still a rareity. A big communal clean up is planned for weekend, all hands to the shovels! El Barco and municipal campsites are open. Solymar, Sidi Ifni, Gran Canaria are closed. Hotel at bottom of cliff, Ait Baamrane is also closed.

Thanks for the update from Sidi ifni.

A picture of the Tichka col this morning (lifted from Loc's FB page).
Open except for artics says the comment, and quite different to my earlier image from just one week ago.
Usual contradictory info…

Below the snow: Martin and Chris help out with repairs near Tazenakht (pic CW).

Sorry Chris but I need to correct you in case anyone is relying on information to make travel plans.

The N9 opened Sunday 30 November to light traffic, the photo from above is from Monday 1 December (see my Facebook page) when the road was opened to all traffic.

Once the stranded travellers/transport were allowed to cross, the pass was closed again from Wednesday 3 December to allow repairs and is expected to reopen on Monday 8 December.

Further south the Sidi Ifni to Tiznit road reopened Wednesday but the Sidi Ifni to Guelmim road was washed away and is still closed.

Surface Conditions On Lac Iriki
 

I was planning to cross L Iriki in January.However,in view of the recent heavy rain I would welcome any advice/knowledge about the surface conditions.

Certainly in my previous experience in other places I would not cross a claypan even a month after rain as the truck would almost certainly keep getting bogged(at best) in soft shite making a long crossing fool-hardy/impossible!?c?