Tabant-Mgoun-Imejdag-Taghia-Oussikis
June 15-21, 2008
The itinerary is shown
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for a high-resolution topographic map.
June 15:
Tabant to El-Mrabitine through Tizzi-n-Ait Imi
Kasbah in Ait Imi
View
toward the South from Tizzi-n-Ait Imi. The first valley is Assif Amougr. The
Mgoun range (with a few snow patches) is in the background.
The photogenic kasbah of Tighremt-n-Ait Ahmad
June 16:
El-Mrabitine to Ighrem-n-Ait Issa along Assif Mgoun and Assif Imejdag
Villages along Assif Mgoun
Berber girls
Mgoun canyon
The amazing Mgoun trail (used to avoid the bottom
of the canyon when there is too much water)
Ighrem-n-Ait Issa
June 17:
Ighrem-n-Ait Issa to the entry of the narrow upper gorges of Assif Imejdag
The Kasbah of Ighrem-n-Ait Issa seen from the
ridge above Assif Imejdag
The mid Imejdag gorges seen from the ridge
View toward Adrar-n-Ouchane and Jebel Tamaracht
Nomad camp on the Northern slope of Jebel
Tigounatine
Water in a dry landscape
Approaching the upper gorges of Assif Imejdag
June 18:
Upper gorges of Assif Imejdag to the spring above the cork-screw trail
The upper gorges of Assif Imejdag
View from Tizi-n-Wadou, with the Koucer plateau in
the back
Lunch under the shadow of an old juniperus
Views of Taghia from the ridge of the plateau
View of Jebel Timghazine, which I will cross two
days later
June 19:
Descent of the cork-screw trail to Taghia and Agoudin
The
View of the
Cliff above Taghia
Kasbahs in Agoudin
June 20:
Agoudin - Taghia (again) - Tizzi Timghazine - Tefraout - Aqqa-n-Tarzilmine
The
Views from Tizzi Timghazine:
Toward the North, Aqqa-n-Toughed
Toward the South, Assif Tafraout (the low point in
the middle of the next ridge is the entry point into the drainage of
Aqqa-n-Tarzilmine that later becomes the Oussikis river)
My two mules at the bottom of Assif Tafraout
June 21:
Aqqa-n-Tarzilmine to Oussikis
Aqqa-n-Tarzilmine in the early morning
Gorges of Assif Oussikis
The artificial lake above the villages of Oussikis
Landscape above the villages of Oussikis (note the
ruins at the bottom left)
Tabouidant (one of the villages of Oussikis)
