Zaghouan (via Sidi Bougrabine)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.66 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,947 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,947 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,457 ft
- TrailRank
-
49
5
- Min elevation
- 574 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 6 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3701
- Uploaded
- December 20, 2016
- Recorded
- November 2016
near Zaghouan, Zaghwān (Republic of Tunisia)
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Itinerary description
I went alone hiking to Zaghouan. My objective was to reach the summit, Djebel Zaghouan (1295m). I used other wikiloc trails uploaded by other users and made my own trail based on some of them.
I didn't manage to reach the top because I approached the mountain from the wrong face. I should have spent a little bit more time preparing and I would quickly realize this. To reach the top, as I later checked on Google Earth, the easiest ways are through the southwest and west faces.
So I started in the village of Zaghouan and set off to Sidi Bougrabine. From there, I went up the valley direction southeast. I went around the north face of the Djebel, an almost vertical wall, nearly impossible to hike to the top without special equipment. I went as closest as I could get, around 1050m high. Then I crossed a tight gorge and went through a steepy slope with some loose rocks, until I reached the eastern plains and then back to the village of Zaghouan.
At this point I was late for the bus back to Tunis and it was pouring rain so I started running during the last 4k. The bus was about to leave when I finally arrived, absolutely, completely wet..
But it was fucking worth it
You can check this hike on my
And see some more pictures of it on my Instagram
PS. Here's another similar Wikiloc trail that I used to create my route:
Sidi Bougabrine - Zaghouan
I didn't manage to reach the top because I approached the mountain from the wrong face. I should have spent a little bit more time preparing and I would quickly realize this. To reach the top, as I later checked on Google Earth, the easiest ways are through the southwest and west faces.
So I started in the village of Zaghouan and set off to Sidi Bougrabine. From there, I went up the valley direction southeast. I went around the north face of the Djebel, an almost vertical wall, nearly impossible to hike to the top without special equipment. I went as closest as I could get, around 1050m high. Then I crossed a tight gorge and went through a steepy slope with some loose rocks, until I reached the eastern plains and then back to the village of Zaghouan.
At this point I was late for the bus back to Tunis and it was pouring rain so I started running during the last 4k. The bus was about to leave when I finally arrived, absolutely, completely wet..
But it was fucking worth it
You can check this hike on my
And see some more pictures of it on my Instagram
PS. Here's another similar Wikiloc trail that I used to create my route:
Sidi Bougabrine - Zaghouan
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That was very brave ;-) I would love to try this one
Thx for the information. I’ll do the trail asap - if possible to the top. Regards Wolfgang