Morocco
Djebel Caïat is a big, heavily sculpted limestone wall in the Rif mountains of northern Morocco, in the Akchour valley near Chefchaouen. It offers single-pitch sectors along its base and bolted multipitch routes up to 450 m, on some of the roughest rock climbers report anywhere, with tufa columns and caves. Visiting climbers use the Café Rueda as their base and reference point. Trip reports are from December and March, when the sun is welcome; the valley has around 18 sport sectors in all.
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Morocco · Akchour (Rif)
Five pitches through tufa columns, a leaning corner and a lichenous chimney on extraordinarily abrasive rock. The first pitch is a three-dimensional 6a+ on jugs between columns and the 7a fourth pitch is an athletic, well-bolted column climb. Two short passages on the easier pitches are run-out.
7a5 pitches160 m
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