Not the title I was expecting to be writing! When look at the map of Morocco you realize how dominated it is by a central spine of the Atlas Mountains, but as the the of us headed out of Meknes we didn't realize the full implications. We headed for a small town of Azrou where we to spend the night before going or separate ways - Craig and Jenny to the south and the dunes of the Sahara and I west to Marrakesh. As we drove off of town I thought I saw a few cars with snow on their roof and as we drove up into the foothills it was obvious there was some about somewhere. As we reached 1100m we found where - apparently the first big dump of the year had occurred.
To get to Azrou we went over a (relatively low pass) of 1500m which was fortunately well cleared before doing into the town itself to find it will clogged up with vehicles. Apparently the road we had come in was the only open road. In the end I spent two nights in until the road to Marrakesh opened, Craig and Jenni had to spent one more until the road South was clear. During the first night there we met Raschid and Ahmed, two locals, who offered to take us trekking above snow line, so that's what we did, walking and clambering up to 1800m to an abandoned monastery.
To get to Azrou we went over a (relatively low pass) of 1500m which was fortunately well cleared before doing into the town itself to find it will clogged up with vehicles. Apparently the road we had come in was the only open road. In the end I spent two nights in until the road to Marrakesh opened, Craig and Jenni had to spent one more until the road South was clear. During the first night there we met Raschid and Ahmed, two locals, who offered to take us trekking above snow line, so that's what we did, walking and clambering up to 1800m to an abandoned monastery.
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