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Reinhard,
What date will you be there? I will be crossing from Spain to Morocco on February 27. I had booked a trip with Waypoint tours, but this has now been cancelled due to lack of numbers. So I am now in route planning mode.
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I am travelling to Morocco in February and have planned a route that takes in the mountains and the desert. Is MH1 - Midelt to Boumalde Dades a viable option for this time of the year? Or is it likely to be impassable because of snow or mud? I did Ait Hani - Agoudal - BD in April of 2009 and part of the track between Agoudal and Tizi N Ouano was blocked with snow (land slide) requiring a cross country detour. Has anyone been out that way recently? What are conditions like this year?

Also, what is the state of the state of the desert pistes MS6, MS8 and MW6? Is there flooding on the dried out lake beds and oueds?
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Reinhard,
What date will you be there? I will be crossing from Spain to Morocco on February 27. I had booked a trip with Waypoint tours, but this has now been cancelled due to lack of numbers. So I am now in route planning mode.
Charlie
Hi Bigchaser,

My trip is earlier - I should be back by the time you leave.

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I'm in a similar situation to Richard. Considering a visit to Morocco by bike (KTM Adventure) in the first week of February. It's very short notice and it would be my first visit to Morocco with a bike.

I could really use some advice on the likely conditions and where is feasible to visit for me to make the best of the trip.

If even the 'iconic' routes / waypoints like the Dades and Todra, Ait Benhaddou & Tizi N Tichka are likely to have snow issues, am I dopey for even thinking about it? I don't want to go all that way to just end up cruising on motorways!!
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I'm in a similar situation to Richard. Considering a visit to Morocco by bike (KTM Adventure) in the first week of February. It's very short notice and it would be my first visit to Morocco with a bike.

I could really use some advice on the likely conditions and where is feasible to visit for me to make the best of the trip.

If even the 'iconic' routes / waypoints like the Dades and Todra, Ait Benhaddou & Tizi N Tichka are likely to have snow issues, am I dopey for even thinking about it? I don't want to go all that way to just end up cruising on motorways!!

there should be plenty of advice regarding conditions on the forum; keep south of the Atlas and you won't be dissapointed...
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Any information on Route MA2: Aït Herbil - Tafraoute ? on the book's website it says its closed thanks to a landslide.


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I´ve just come from Morocco and High Atlas seems not to have too much snow. This year there has been only a little bit rain in Morocco.
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I´ve just come from Morocco and High Atlas seems not to have too much snow. This year there has been only a little bit rain in Morocco.
That is good news Pera - many thanks. Looking forward to getting out there.
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Any information on Route MA2: Aït Herbil - Tafraoute ? on the book's website it says its closed thanks to a landslide.
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The photos here are from Sep 2010. I would have hoped the road would have been cleared by now. The landslide is towards the northern end of the valley of Assif n’Smouguene, suggest you contact Gite Igmire (which is about 1km away from where the landslide happened) for the current situation.

If you are coming from the south there's an alternative route--fork right up the valley of Assif n’Int about 10-15km before the landslide. I had to do this route (about 35km) at nightime, so life was interesting. Came across the two biggest wildboar I've ever seen which was a bit disconcerting when they loomed up in the headlight.
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Litle rain is good news for me since I plan to visit lake Iriki , hopefully it will be dry and not muddy. The downside is that it might be a hot April month.

Tim, thanks for the info, that's one big landslide, a real shame since the route looks really nice judging by the pics.

What is "Gite Igmire" ? tryed to google it, but nothing meaninfull came out

I'll try to check the detour you mention on the maps I have available.

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I wonder what the situation is on the way from Ait Orrhar to Imilchil, not Jaffar? Or road is marked?
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