Atlas Mountains Expedition - July 2012

The Atlas Mountains  extend about 2,500 km through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.

I visited the region with my 16 year old son, Tom (who has just finished GCSE Exams). During the week we were in the mountains we climbed -:

Toubkal  at  4,167 metres (13,671 ft), is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains (and in North Africa).

Ighil Mgoun, at 4,071 metres (13,356 ft) is the fourth highest peak of the Atlas Mountains.   Ighil Mgoun is the highest point of the Mgoun massif, the second highest massif in North Africa after the Toubkal  region.