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Morocco’s First Climbing Festival

One of the things we love most about being climbers is the community we share. It’s a global, multi-generational community, knitted together by a common passion. Whether we speak English, Arabic, French, Dutch, Spanish, or German; we share a language through our love of being outside in nature. On May 3-5, 2019, Climb Morocco and Imik’Simik […]

Mount Toubkal and Imlil Access Changes

Since the tragic events this past December of the murder of two women in the Toubkal region, we have been wanting to take some time to respond. First of all, in hearing the news, we were heartbroken not only for the women and their families’, but also for the many people in and around Imlil […]

Pocket Guide – Tafraout

If you have spent any time with me in the last couple of years, you know that climbing in Tafraout in exotic Morocco is pretty much my favorite thing to do in the whole wide world! This is one of the world’s best kept multi-pitch trad climbing secrets! It’s like calling ahead to your favorite, […]

Taghia Gorge Does Not Disappoint!

Finally! We made it to the Taghia Gorge. This has been a dream destination for quite some time now, and we finally found time to make the trek out there. Jeremy, James (The Mountain People) and I left Marrakech and headed for Zaouiat Ahansal, about a five hour drive through some beautiful landscape, which being […]

Dreaming of Oukaimeden

Sit down start. Tiny diagonal finger crack rising from right to left. Bad feet. Reach, Bump, Core up! This is my current, open, boulder project in Oukaimeden in the Colony sector. This problem looks easy and stays pretty low to the ground but the moves are hard. This is the boulder project that currently consumes […]

Rock Climbing in the Todra Gorge videos

As we’re always interested in information, media, and videos of anything to do with rock climbing in Morocco, here are some videos that have been posted of some trips to the Todra Gorge. Here’s one by 3 Austrian Climbers and Adidas of a climbing trip to the Todra Gorge. Here are a few more various […]

Friends from Casablanca

This is a quick note to say “Thank you” or better yet, “Merci” to the French Alpine Club in Casablanca (Club Alpin Francais de Casablanca) for all the hard work they have put into developing one of Climb Morocco’s favorite climbing locations, Zuhelika. They have invested countless hours of hard work drilling and developing new […]

Climbing High in the Todra Gorge

What happens in the brain of a rock climber when they see rock? Not just your normal rock. Good rock. High rock. Rock the beckons and even begs to be climbed. I have spent quite a bit of time in the Todra Gorge now, guiding, climbing, relaxing, and I can tell you that the drive […]