Saghro Day 3/6
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,916 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,312 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,246 ft
- TrailRank
- 48
- Min elevation
- 5,240 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 5 hours 12 minutes
- Time
- 9 hours 15 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3076
- Uploaded
- March 24, 2018
- Recorded
- March 2018
near Assaka-n-Aït Ouzzine, Drâa-Tafilalet (Morocco)
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Itinerary description
Day three of a six day hike known as the Saghro Traverse going from Kalaat M'Gouna to N'Kaub.
Today's hike starts in Assaka N'Ait Ouzzine and follows a rocky path past orchards for several kilometres where the going is slow. A descent trail then takes you around the base of the mountain Tine Ouaiyour that is visible to your left for several hours. You then head into a scenic gorge that goes on for about an hour's hike before you hit a river bed with one building on the shoreline. The town of Irhissi is nearby (to the west?) we did not follow a boy and his donkey into the village.
We followed the river bed up stream and climbed steeply out of the valley and made it to a good campsite that had a trickle of water and level ground for our tent. Progress wasn't easy, the rocky terrain makes for a tiring day and our toughest day was only a sleep away.
Tomorrow's hike is: Saghro day 4
Today's hike starts in Assaka N'Ait Ouzzine and follows a rocky path past orchards for several kilometres where the going is slow. A descent trail then takes you around the base of the mountain Tine Ouaiyour that is visible to your left for several hours. You then head into a scenic gorge that goes on for about an hour's hike before you hit a river bed with one building on the shoreline. The town of Irhissi is nearby (to the west?) we did not follow a boy and his donkey into the village.
We followed the river bed up stream and climbed steeply out of the valley and made it to a good campsite that had a trickle of water and level ground for our tent. Progress wasn't easy, the rocky terrain makes for a tiring day and our toughest day was only a sleep away.
Tomorrow's hike is: Saghro day 4
Waypoints
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6,066 ft
Azib lunch
Small structure just off the trail provided some shade for lunch. Be mindful of the area, it looks like a cemetery near the building.
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5,777 ft
Gorge
Really pretty gorge that was fairly easy to move through. Lots of rocks with a purple colour.
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5,381 ft
Well
Small building with a well beside it near the village of Irhissi. It was easier for us to get water just upstream a couple of hundred meters from here.
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5,424 ft
Campsite
This was a nice spot to set up camp if you wanted to. We continued on, photos are of the campsite where we actually stayed and had room for several tents. There was a little trickle of water in the nearby stream.
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