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Tizi Escarpment

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Description

This long escarpment on the northern side of the Jebel Taskra massif runs northwest from Ida Ougnidif and is littered with various size crags, many of which are close to the road. Along this escarpment there are some really impressive cliffs with varying aspects and superb quality quartzite and many of the routes here are destined for classic status. It is also one of the closest venues to the Kasbah Tizourgane and therefore convenient in many ways. The road running below the escarpment runs from east to west and eventually leads north to Ait Baha.

Getting There

From the Kasbah Tizourgane drive toward Ida Ougnidif and after a few hundred metres take a right turn. There is a small but distinctive signpost marked with the various village names which are found along this road (Assghkriss, Ayoufis, Assldrar, Doudad, etc) and the various crags are described as one encounters them from this direction.

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Paul Donnithorne on Cosmic Corner 5.11b, on Titan's Wall at Imrir Village Crags - Plenty of scope still for new routing here! photo Emma Alsford
[Hide Photo] Paul Donnithorne on Cosmic Corner 5.11b, on Titan's Wall at Imrir Village Crags - Plenty of scope still for new routing here! photo Emma Alsford
David Barlow on Senility Crack 5.9, at Tramline Slabs on the Tizi Escarpment, photo Pete Johnson
[Hide Photo] David Barlow on Senility Crack 5.9, at Tramline Slabs on the Tizi Escarpment, photo Pete Johnson
Lorne Brown on the photogenic arete of Raindance 5.10a, at Imrir Village Crags on tnhe Tizi Escarpment, photo Emma Alsford
[Hide Photo] Lorne Brown on the photogenic arete of Raindance 5.10a, at Imrir Village Crags on tnhe Tizi Escarpment, photo Emma Alsford
Looking along the Tizi Escarpment on the approach to the Taskra Bastion cliff, photo Paul Donnithorne
[Hide Photo] Looking along the Tizi Escarpment on the approach to the Taskra Bastion cliff, photo Paul Donnithorne
Topo for Titan's Wall on the Tizi Escarpment
[Hide Photo] Topo for Titan's Wall on the Tizi Escarpment
Topo for Upper West Walls, Tifghelt Col on the Tizi Escarpment
[Hide Photo] Topo for Upper West Walls, Tifghelt Col on the Tizi Escarpment
Paul Donnithorne on Honker 5.10b, Upper West Walls, Tifghelt Col, Tizi Escarpment, Morocco, photo Emma Alsford
[Hide Photo] Paul Donnithorne on Honker 5.10b, Upper West Walls, Tifghelt Col, Tizi Escarpment, Morocco, photo Emma Alsford