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| WouterB | Two day return trip from Marrakech  Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2009 | |
| Not a technically difficult mountain, but it's a long climb. Recommend doing it in three (+) days! | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2009 6:15 pm | ||
| Psico | Portuguese Climber Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2007 | |
| Very beautiful Mountain!!! | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2009 7:00 am | ||
| Alberto | Fun climb Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2008 | |
| Nice and fun climb in the winter. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2009 8:16 am | ||
| mtnmaniac | snow storm in april Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2008 | |
| ran into a snow storm on my way to the summit. had to turn back at 4.000 meters and spend some time in the refuge. anyway the food there was really good. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2009 6:13 pm | ||
| matterhorn22 | 1st 4000er Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2009 | |
| Left the Neltner Refuge with my dad and guide at 6:00 am we reached the col just as the sun came over the lip so did the bulk of the climbing in the shade. Good hard snow on the way up. First group to the top (a basque group arrived part before and part after us)reaching it at about 9/9:30 am. Perfect weather conditions. The way down was fun glissading most of the way but the snow was still icy so it was very fast, though was more difficult for me to ice-axe arrest as I had my arm in plaster at the time, but great fun, back down to Neltner by 11:30 am after an hour on the summit and back to Aremd by 4:30 pm after a leisurely lunch and stroll down. Hugely enjoyable end to a hugely enjoyable week trekking in the High Atlas. | ||
| Posted May 19, 2009 3:01 pm | ||
| codelancer | 2:0 Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2009 | |
| Second time atop of Toubkal. It was very different from my previous (June 2007) climb because lot of snow and icy at morning time, so all need use crampons. Start at 7:00, summit at 11:00. | |
| Posted May 5, 2009 1:12 pm | ||
| ivyonup | May Day Ascent Date Climbed: May 1, 2009 | |
| We got to Imlil around 2am and were still able to secure a hotel for the night. The "huts" at the base of the mountain were the most "luxurious" I have stayed in thus far while climbing/hiking. We left for the summit around 5:40am, which turned out to be a wise choice because the snow was perfectly solid for the crampons on the ascent, and the melted snow was perfect for glissading on the descent. | |
| Posted May 4, 2009 9:28 am | ||
| gbrill | Perfect Weather Date Climbed: May 1, 2009 | |
| Group of four reached the summit in perfect, no wind, weather. For those trying to budget this trip: 1) You don't need a guide. 2) You only need snacks as virtually everything can be made available to you at the Toubkal refuge, you may want to bring your own lunch and breakfast though as its kind of a rip off. and 3) Contrary to all my beliefs prior to this trip you don't need an Ice axe if your doing the normal rout (unless there is a ton of snow). If you have sturdy ankles then crampons should be enough, perhaps trekking pols too, which would prove to be much more valuable in the long run. We rented our gear from Cafe Soleil at a rate of 40dh Ice axe/per day and 30dh crampons/per day. At the refuge we stayed at the Les Mouflons, lodging was 80dh a night, a small breakfast and lunch for 40dh each, dinner for 70dh, shower for 10dh, and a blanket for 20dh each. | |
| Posted May 3, 2009 8:53 am | ||
| lynsandtone | Second time lucky Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2009 | |
| After being beaten back by high winds eighteen months ago, we returned and summitted in excellent conditions, blue skies and lots of snow....highly reccomended...! | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2009 12:44 pm | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | normal route by ski-hiking Date Climbed: Feb 24, 2009 | |
| Ascent in 2 days from Imlil. Night in the Toubkal shelter and then summit in 2 hours from the refuge. Snow above 2300 m (Sidi Chamharouch), very thin on the ridges and the windy parts, but powder on north slopes. Fine weather, hot with the sun but pretty cold in the mornings. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2009 2:37 pm | ||
| boriskrielen | Great solo winter ascent of Toubkal and Toubkal West! Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2009 | |
| After arriving in Imlil I first climbed to Tizi m'Zik and Tasserimoute (2.640m) to acclimatise. Bad weather, hip deep snow. Took half a day to dry my cloths again. Local guides said it was impossible to climb Toubkal due to bad conditions, deep fresh snow etc. Well if it can't be done in a possible way, it has to be done in an impossible way, I said. Next afternoon marched to Sidi Chamarough in 3 hours. I met several people who came down the mountain. None of them had reached the summit. Slept in Sidi Chamarough in a dirty 'hole in the wall'. Next morning walked on to the Mouflon refuge in 4 hours. Lots of fresh snow, often little trail to be found. Great weather! Cold at night though. Good food and sleep in the refuge. Climbed Toubkal (4.167m) next day in 3 hours and Toubkal West (4.030m) in half an hour on the way down. Excellent conditions. Great views! Also climbed both summits of Ouanoukrim the day after. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2009 7:19 am | ||
| edog2005 | Tough winter conditions on Jbel Toubkal Date Climbed: Jan 31, 2009 | |
| Experienced quite difficult winter conditions on this attempt on Jbel Toubkal - high winds and deep hard snow on the walk to the refuges from Sidi Chamharouch and after spending one night at the Mouflon mountain refuge, I made it to 3300m on the slopes above the refuges before giving up (2 people in my group did get to the summit though). Ice-axe and crampons very necessary on this climb, and I think if I try this again I will probably need 2 nights at altitude to acclimatise instead of one. Full trip report on my blog here: http://www.edwardboyle.com/blog/?p=222 | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2009 8:47 am | ||
| Caralynr | Great winter ascent Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2009 | |
| Good day out in deep snow. Trip report to follow. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2009 10:36 am | ||
| salimr | Normal route Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2008 | |
| With Alain, Omar and Olivier we climbed to the top, quite a lot of snow so early in the season. With snowboard down through the north face of the Ibikhi sud. Bye | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2008 1:19 pm | ||
| starybaran | Normal route | |
| From that garages(about 2200m) used as a ubications cca 6 hour to the top. No need for climbing or ice equipment. Nice walk... | ||
| Posted Nov 27, 2008 11:12 pm | ||
| alpinegosse | Done Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2006 | |
| Cold Hut, Avy Beacon, Beyonce in the Taxi. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 12:07 pm | ||
| fatdad | Normal Route | |
| I was traveling by myself in Southern Spain in summer 1990 with a Spain/Morocco guidebook. On a lark, I took the ferry and night train to Marrakech, met some Brits and climbed the Standard route with one of them in two days from Marrakesh. It was very cold and we didn't have any appropriate mt. gear so wore all the clothing we had we leaving the Neltner hut in the morning. The whole trip, the spontaneity, the climb, the view from the summit looking out east over the Sahara was memorable. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2008 5:59 pm | ||
| barryg | My first 4000+ peak Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2007 | |
| We climbed the normal south face route. Very busy in the refuge as it was Easter holidays. Beautiful conditions, we needed crampons from above the refuge. Fantastic views from the top. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 4:28 pm | ||
| FrançoisJ | Route climbed : normal Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2007 | |
| Sabrina and I climbed up normal south route (Tizi Toubkal) and down normal north route (Tizi Imuzzer) with a french group. I also soloed Toubkal west from tizi Toubkal. Sabrina and I soloed to 3rd of the four summit of Imuzzer (not easy to tell wich one is the highest but with no doubt none of them is a 4000er (3965 m max). | ||
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 9:28 am | ||
| Outdoorpartner | Three of four 4000 meters Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2008 | |
| Bluebird day; very crowded on the summit. This was the third of four 4000 meter peaks we climbed. Toubkal was the only mountain with a clear trail to the top. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2008 9:54 pm | ||
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