Jbel Toubkal
| Jbel Toubkal | ||
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 Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer , December 1930 |
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| height | 4167 m | |
| location | Al Haouz , Marrakech-Safi , Morocco | |
| Mountains | High Atlas | |
| Dominance | 2078 km → Picco Luigi Amedeo | |
| Notch height | 3757 m ↓ Eastern Great Erg | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 3 '43 " N , 7 ° 54' 58" W | |
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| First ascent | 1923 by Marquis de Segonzac, V. Berger and H. Dolbeau | |
| particularities | Highest mountain in North Africa | |
The Jbel Toubkal (also Djebel Toubkal , Massif du Toubkal or just Toubkal ; Tamazight : ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵜⵓⴱⵇⴰⵍ Adrar n Tubqal , Arabic جبل توبقال jbal Tubqal ) is the highest mountain in the High Atlas in Northwest Africa . At 4,167 meters, it is also the highest mountain in Morocco .
location
Jbel Toubkal is located about 63 kilometers (as the crow flies) south of the city of Marrakech in the Toubkal National Park . The mountain lies in a rugged, rocky landscape in the middle of several four-thousand-meter peaks. In winter, snow falls, which is also used for winter sports activities, but regularly melts on the south side in the early summer months at the latest.
Ascent
In relation to its height, the Toubkal is quite easy to climb, at least in the summer months, and is therefore considered by mountaineers to be a peak where you can experience the thin mountain air particularly well. From the summit you have a beautiful panoramic view over the south of Morocco and - if the weather conditions are favorable - also over the Sahara foreland further south . The starting point for an ascent is usually the Berber village of Imlil , where a road connection from Marrakech ends; Appropriate trekking tours can also be undertaken from Ijoukak .
It takes two days to climb the normal route. The starting point is usually Imlil ( 1740 m ) or the mountain guide village Around. Via the marabout sanctuary of Sidi Chamharouch in the Mizane Valley, you can take a mule track to the Neltner Hut (Refuge Neltner, CAF, 3207 m ). The ascent of the summit takes place from the hut mostly pathless over scree / rubble and, depending on the conditions, snow fields. Most of the time there are tracks. Maps are available on a scale of 1: 50,000, as of 1996.
Rivers
In spring, the meltwater of the Toubkal forms a large number of small streams (e.g. Oued Ourika ), most of which, however, seep into the lower regions. The Oued Souss, which is extremely important for the south of Morocco, rises on the eastern slope of the Toubkal massif, flows first in a southerly and later in a westerly direction and finally flows south of Agadir into the Atlantic .
See also
Jbel Ouanoukrim , the second highest mountain in Morocco with its two peaks Ras Timzguida ( 4089 m ) and Ras Afella ( 4013 m ), is only a few kilometers southwest , but geologically it is still part of the Toubkal massif. The second highest mountain massif in Morocco is the Jbel M'Goun massif, located about 100 km further east-northeast as the crow flies, with a maximum height of 4068 or 4071 m (see also Ait Bougoumez valley ).
literature
- Hamish Brown: The High Atlas. Treks and climbs on Morocco's biggest and best mountains. Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe 2012, ISBN 978-1-85284-671-8 , p. 127 ff.
