If you enjoy an adventure and love trad climbing, do yourself a favor and take a climbing trip to this incredible part of the country. Jebel El Kest offers endless multi-pitch trad climbs in the South of Morocco. This area offers superb quartzite climbing on everything from smaller, single-pitch crags to huge, epic, big-wall trad routes. The area has been a center of development for a number of years and is an adventure-trad climbing mecca with endless climbing possibilities.
Jebel El Kest is an enormous Traditional climbing playground so bring your full rack. The grading system in Jebel El Kest is the British Trad Grade system so be sure to brush up on the system or bring a good comparison chart if you are not used to it.
Popular Routes
| Route | Description | Type | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Crack | A great corner with good jamming that is well protected all the way up and consists of challenging move to pull over a roof/overhang half-way up. | Single-Pitch Sport | VS | The Lion King | Adrar Umlil, Idaougnidif - See Moroccan Anti-Atlas North page 82 for more details. | Multi-Pitch Trad | HVS | Sahara / Jedi Groove | Ksar Rock, Afantinzar Valley - See Moroccan Anti-Atlas North page 160 for more details. | Multi-Pitch Trad | HVS | Moroccan Gold | 210 Meters. Lower Eagle, Afantinzar Valley - See Morocco Rock page 191 for more details. | Multi-Pitch Trad | E2 | The Edge | 200 Meters. The Flat Iron, Samazar Valley - See Morocco Rock page 304 for more details. | Single-Pitch Sport | E2 |
Resources
Morocco Anti-Atlas Guidebook
This updated 2nd edition of the popular Climb Tafraout guidebook describes more than 1900 climbs in the Anti-Atlas region, covering the best crags across all of the main climbing areas. As well as detailed colour-coded photo topos and pitch-by-pitch descriptions, the guide makes use of superb GeoGraphics 1:25k and 1:50k topographic maps, with QR codes for each crag, buttress and parking spot, making it easier than ever to find your chosen route.
WebsiteMorocco Rock - Jebel El Kest and Taskra North
This is the guidebook by Emma Alsford and Paul Donnithorne for the Jebel el Kest and Taskra North areas featuring information about over 1000 routes in the Anti-Atlas! Check the site for further information and to purchase a copy of the new guidebook. This is a great resource representing untold hours of work and research culminating in this helpful guidebook.
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