Fundraising

A Moroccan Adventure

High Atlas Traverse - a new way to raise money for Headway Devon

The dramatic High Atlas Mountains are the setting for this six-day off-road biking traverse of the most accessible region of the range.

Its proximity to Marrakech means we spend less time in a transfer vehicle and more time in the saddle as we ride some challenging climbs and some thrilling descents en route from Ouirgane to the Tichka Pass. Click here to see a video of the route.

It’s a ruggedly beautiful region of stark limestone peaks and verdant valleys criss-crossed by rough jeep tracks and mule trails used by villagers. It’s also a region that throws up plenty of encounters with locals as we pass through numerous adobe and stone villages where life has hardly changed in centuries.

It’s a rough, but largely non-technical, route, but nonetheless a good level of biking fitness is recommended to cope with some challenging climbs. In order to complete the route without vehicle transfers we have to tackle some unrideable climbs, so on these occasions we hike, using mules to carry our bikes – a uniquely Moroccan way to travel.

Dates: Week 1 16th to 23rd October 2010

Week 2 23rd to 30th October 2010

For more information and a sign-up pack please contact Holly by emailing holly@headwaydevon.org.uk

This trip is organised by:

http://www.veloventures.co.uk/default.html