| Skiing in Morocco |
| Oukaïmeden, the ski resort |
| The most beautiful skiable field of Africa. |
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 Oukaïmeden, the ski resort - 1
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 Oukaïmeden, the ski resort - 2
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| 72 km from Marrakesh, the Oukaimeden mount (3 273 m), has the most beautiful skiable field of Africa. Going up in steep turns, the road offers a superb panorama towards the buttresses of the High Atlas and the Haouz plain. |
Oukaïmeden, the ski resort - 3 The station is equipped for the ski practice: • a chair-lift • six skis-lift • a motorized snow rammer The skiable field of 300 hectares is located on the slopes of Jbel Oukaimeden, at altitudes ranging between 2650 and 3269 meters, on which are arranged 25 km of ski tracks of all categories. Snowing up varies between 100 and 120 days (average year) and allows a ski season spread out from mid-December to mid-April. Because of its latitude, the station profits from a sunning |
| duration definitely more significant than those of the European stations. |