We left Marrakech early in the morning and enjoyed a lovely drive south, winding up through the moulay Brahim gorge and upper valleys to reach the higher foothills of the Western High Atlas Mountains. Here, we arrived at the trailhead of imi oughlad (1450m), with the highest peak in North Africa, the Jbel Toubkal (4167m), looming before us, along with Aglzim (3650m) and Aksoual (38847m). Here, we get out of the car and greet the squad of berber muleteers. We head northwestward for a two-hour acclimatization hike up switchback mule tracks, passing through cornfields, woods, pine, and juniper until we reach the tizn'tachete (2000m). Here, we pause to gaze back down on the ait oussaden valleys and the imlikl valley before continuing for an additional thirty minutes to imi n'ifri and our field picnic.after that, a leisurely 2.5-hour climb down a dirt track to Assif n' Ait Oussaden and the red clay terraced town of Titiane (1750 m) where we will spend the night in a bivouac or gite.

Following breakfast, we begin our hike up the Assif N'Ait Oussaden Valley. We will pass through wallnut groves, ascend to Tizi N'Taghrhourte (1995m), and then travel through a rare, nearly flat stretch to reach Assaka Spring, where, after about two and a half hours of mostly easy walking, we will stop for our field picnic in the midst of an incredible quiet.After hiking through the forest's margins in the afternoon, we arrive to the berber settlement of D'knt (1870m), also known as agouns in Assoul, where we will spend the night in a gite or bivouac and have dinner.

We started our three-hour journey up past fields of maize and barley and walnut tree groves to meet the numerous sheep and goatherders, as well as women and children hunched over with 20 kilogram bags of dried herbs and faggots. We cross the Tizi n'Tagdalte to descend through the juniper woods till we reach a little spring tucked away amid the trees, our picnic spot.After getting rehydrated, we head down the winding trails of the upper slopes for about three hours till we reach a little river at the start of the Assif N'Ait Oussaden Valley. We then proceed to the summer village of Tamsoult for our camp or gite, passing through the village of Tizi Oussem (1850 m).

Hike to Azib Tamsoulte's small waterfall, then turn around to cross the 2,500-meter Tizi 'n Mzik pass. At Imlil (1,900 meters), we enter the main Toubkal valley. After lunch, we continue our drive to Marrakech.

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