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What is the conditions piste MA2, for motorbike with road tires?
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As it's usually bone dry and stony, I would say the weight of the machine is more relevant than the tyre tread. It's a great route and may be largely sealed by now

Merc 190 on the steep ascent out of Igmir (10 years ago)
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Motorcycle is a gs 1200, I drove from Tarfrouta against Igmir.
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We traveled MA2 earlier this year. There's a big new road through the Igmir valley. I can't see from my notes if it was tarred but am pretty sure it was. I recall Chris's book mentioned a couple of nice places to camp along this route. Unfortunately you can't get off the new road in a car and even if you could do it on a bike you would be visible from the road just about everywhere. MA1 had some better options for camping.
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Are you sure at the road tarred, in the piuteres I see pista.
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Are you talking about Chris's picture above? I think he says in his post it was taken 10 years ago. Quite a lot of the routes are now sealed in whole or in part now.
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I'm looking at a picture from 2012, here Clubman's blog: Ait-Herbil to Tafraoute,route MA2
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Not going anywhere tonight (Todra Gorge)


It had been raining since before Imilchil the previous day. Already I had been through more than 50 fords (often the same river weaving around), but this was a real biggy coming down the Todra Gorge.

I got my trusty stove out and made a cup of soup whilst watching the water level which was still rising, not falling. So a strategic retreat to Tamtatouchte. But several hours later it's still raining, so not good news.
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Wow, didn't realise it raining out there at the moment. Hope it dries up Tim
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same in Foum Zguid - we are presently stuck here - road to Tata N12 was flooded and understood same was the one to Zagora N12 - here is keep raining so not sure situation will be better tomorrow..will post an update if I will be able
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Go easy dudes, THat picture makes me laugh. It's funny how your perceptions of a country are so far from the reality.

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Got out finally late afternoon after spending six hours covering the 20km? from Tamtatouchte to Tinerhir. The problem was, after the waters had dropped a bit the road surfaces still covered by flood water had to be cleared of underwater boulders, and mud in some places was 250mm thick. One of the fords had been partly swept away, and another ford almost completely destroyed, so had to wait for the diggers to fill the gap with stones.
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Severe weather warnings and road closures
There has been extensive heavy rainfall across Southern Morocco over the weekend with flooding and road closures. Rainfall was from Merzouga west at least to Ouarzarzate. The road from Zagora to Ouarzarzate was closed on Sunday and at times the road between Tinerhir and Ouarzarzate was impassable. The rains appear to have eased and north of the Atlas seems ok certainly the Tiz N Titchka was fine but watch out for gravel and debris from the flood water.
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Video of the Todra when too high (the exit from the ford is on the left). Checking heights when the river had receeded somewhat the next day I reckoned it was 1.5m deep at the ford.

The flooding extended (at least) from Merzouga to west of Taliouine and included the Todra, Dades, Draa, Mgoun, Rheris and Ouarzazate rivers.




24 hours later the water had dropped enough to get underway
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Wow looks a mess, hope you get out ok.
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