Any issues with Chris Scotts M13 route - Smara to Assa
 

Hi. Could anyone shine some light on the M13 route from smara to Assa (in reverse). Im in Dakhla for a few days and fancy heading that way on the way back-up. Thought it may be off limits..thinking paris - dakar canceled.

p.458 Morocco, Route M13. I'm told the waypoint for KM322 is wrong and I suspect it should be N27 04.0'

I've never actually done this route south of KM40 but I hear other southern wpts may be errant (or so a 6x6 101 bloke found before he broke down).

I think the Dak was cancelled due to Mauritania not Mk; on M13 it's just the usual WS restrictions.

Bounty paid for good photos if you're quick!

Ch

Cheers for he reply Chris

STOP THE PRESS!!..LOL. Ill see what i can do... all pends on yo time limits and Marocs upload speeds! Got some pics of Plage Blanche and fort Jerif tracks if yo short... but then it had a load of rain... looked good as zee flowers came out...reminded me of wales really!

Anyway... ill need an email address to upload a zip file: danielthehunter@hotmail.com

look forward to your latest addtion
masalama
Daniel Hunter

There may well be a road for part of the way from Smara now. I was there two years ago and there was a lot of construction work starting on a road from Smara heading into the desert, following the general direction of the track.

Here is a post I made at the time

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...sa-smara-24981

I dont believe there were any Moroccan checkpoints on this piste at the time, although there is a military post at Hawza.

cheers

Hi,

No issues at all.

The tar only goes some 70 kms E of Smara, not yet reaching hawsa, but one can also take a northern piste that runs more or less paralel to the tar road. A southern piste also running paralel to the tar road was off limits to foreigners two weeks ago.

There's is certainly no security issues in this well known route.