High Atlas · Morocco
Tizi n’Test
RN7Asni to Taroudant
One of the most spectacular and intimidating mountain roads in North Africa, scaling the western High Atlas to a 2,093 m summit via sheer unbarriered drops, past the 12th-century Tin Mal Mosque.
From Asni the road climbs the olive-terraced Nfiss valley past the dramatic Tin Mal Mosque. The next stretch earns its reputation: a sinuous single-track carved into cliffs with no barriers above a 400 to 500 m void, demanding low speed and pulling in to pass. The summit at 2,093 m overlooks both the Anti-Atlas and the Souss Valley before a 1,600 m descent into the citrus groves around Taroudant.
One of North Africa’s most spectacular and intimidating roads, a single-track ledge across the western High Atlas with unbarriered 500 m drops and a 12th-century mosque above the gorge.
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Tizi n’Test on the map108.8 mi · point to point
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busiest around mile 65Elevation
under 4%4 to 8%over 8%237 to 2,141 mPoints of interest1 stop
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Hazards
- Unbarriered drops up to 500 metres
- Single-vehicle-width sections
- Gravel and sand on the surface
- Landslides and avalanches
- Closes for a day or two after heavy snow
- Daylight driving essential
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“The drive offers sweeping views of the mountains, providing breathtaking scenery from numerous points along the way. The road to the summit is a spectacular feat of engineering.”
Route traced from OpenStreetMap, with its stats measured from that line. How the roads are mapped
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