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Chris Scott 2 May 2024 11:12

The Men Who Ride Like Goats
 
I’ve been wondering about the Tizi n' Telouet (2450m) for years.
It's less than 6km NNW of Telouet.
On the north side, at Ait n Amer on the N9 (31.36882, -7.38796), a village track leaves the highway and reaches the pass in about 24km where a line of pylons from Nour solar plant marches over the watershed.
From the col, on aerials it looked like only 2km direct to where a rideable track picked up, but from what I now know, even a hardy salt-mule would struggle to reach Telouet.

https://saharaoverland.files.wordpre.../01/tizitl.jpg

A couple of years ago some Spanish guys crossed the Telouet (and a whole lot more), and thoughtfully put their track up on Wikiloc.
Afaict, in the vid below the col stage starts at 22.20, but it’s worth finding time to watch the full 80 mins if you don’t mind having your mind blown by what a light dirt bike can manage in Morocco’s mountains.

The Men Who Ride Like Goats, I called them.

https://saharaoverland.files.wordpre.../01/easwit.jpg



Chris Scott 13 Jun 2025 12:47

More goat-like action, this time by a couple of French guys riding over-bored, 1980s Honda 125s onto what looks like the even more sketchy Yagour Plateau, west of the Tichka pass.

https://saharaoverland.wordpress.com...5/06/trust.jpg



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