3-Day Winter Mount Toubkal Trek from Marrakech

The 3-day is a single winter summit attempt with a gîte night and a refuge night. The 8-day expedition adds a dedicated snow-skills training day, several 3,000–4,000 m objectives and a reserve day for weather, and it supplies a helmet as well as crampons and ice axe. If your one week in Morocco is about the mountain, take the 8-day; if you have three days, take this.

Yes. The upper route is snow-covered, you walk on crampons with an ice axe, and cold, wind and shorter daylight all add to the day. It is not technical climbing, but it demands more than the summer route.

Crampons and an ice axe are supplied and your guide shows you how to use them before the summit day. Stiff mountaineering boots that take crampons are not included — you can bring your own or hire them in Imlil.

The guide turns the group around. Inside three days there is no reserve day, so a weathered-out summit morning means the attempt ends there; we will always tell you honestly on the day rather than push into unsafe ground.

One night in a family-run Berber gîte in the valley and one night at the Toubkal refuge at 3,207 m, which is dormitory accommodation with blankets.

Yes. Return private transport between your Marrakech hotel and Imlil is part of the price.

Both are available. It runs as a private departure for your group on your dates, or as a small group of up to twelve trekkers.

You can book online with a date and the number of travellers, and we then confirm the winter departure with you directly. If conditions or refuge space make your date impossible, we move it or refund it rather than run something unsafe.

This experience lasts 3 days / 2 nights. The experience runs from Marrakech.

Hotel pickup in Marrakech.

The price is {list} per person, or {direct} when you book directly with us instead of through a booking platform. €460 per person, owner-approved winter rate. Winter departures are confirmed with you before payment is taken, because refuge space and snow conditions decide whether a date can run.

Private or small group, max 12. This tour is available as private or small group.

Your guide or driver speaks English, French, Spanish, Berber, Arabic. Tell us your preferred language when you book and we confirm it before departure.

Included: Certified High Atlas mountain guide (federation licensed), experienced in winter conditions, Crampons and ice axe, with instruction in their use before the summit day, Muleteers and mules for main luggage, Cook and all mountain meals on the trek, 1 night in a Berber gîte and 1 night at the Toubkal refuge, Return private transport from Marrakech. Not included: Mountaineering boots stiff enough for crampons (rental available in Imlil), Sleeping bag (rental available from our Imlil shop), Personal trekking clothing and boots, Travel and mountain insurance, Drinks outside meals and tips for the mountain team.

Bring: Stiff mountaineering boots compatible with crampons (rental possible in Imlil), Warm insulating layers, windproof shell, warm gloves and hat, Sunglasses and goggles for wind-driven snow, Headlamp with spare batteries, 3 litres of water capacity, sunscreen and a personal first-aid kit.

The grade is strenuous — winter conditions on the summit day and the highest point reached is 4,167 m.

This trip operates december–March.