Oukaïmeden

Oukaïmeden is the main ski resort of Morocco. It is 74 miles from Marrakech on a high plateau. Oukaïmeden culminates 3200 meters altitude on the tops of the station, and was in the mountainous chain of High Atlas. Skiing area, between 2500 and 3200 feet tall, best dressed and covered with snow in Morocco. That covers about 300 acres that focus on the north side of Oukaïmeden. The snow is usually abundant from November at the end of April to.

After the birth of the ski resort and Michlifen mountain in the province of Ifrane what was the purpose of our article published on the same page, dated January 23rd, 2005 website Oukaimeden about province of El Haouz high in the Atlas according to the show “Mountains Moroccan” published by the CAF from Casablanca, aroused the interests of the mountain dwellers from the birth of skiing in Morocco back in the 30's and that, in spite of the difficulties of access once when we went up into 6 to 7 o'clock on mules for Asni to invest the set from the appearance of the first snows.

From the same source, the section of the French Club Alpine Marrakech built a small in 1936 refuge Oukaimeden with that in, what, a more regular frequentation of the site and the organization of the first class. In 1938 was established, the military center in 1941 and more, a big cabin is arranged by the French Alpine Club. The ski championships in Morocco are organized for the first time in Oukaimeden in February 1942.

In 1948, the first lead proper motor vehicles for connecting to Marrakech Oukaimeden Tahannaoute via Farès Sidi and was open and, five years after (around 1953), two private hotels and thirty country cottages are built in Oukaimeden lanes, as well as the electricity and water conveyances come true and the first two ski-lifts - the Chouka (long 1100m of uneven with 380m of) and the “means” (297m of long with a unevenness) 78m of are implanted in the station who also got two springboards ski jump.

In 1963, the car is her Oukaimeden dressing chair-lift with a way with 1960m unevenness with a 620 foot and a stream skieurs/h 600, another lift and about the domestic electric network to encourage the resumption of real construction and frequentation tourist.

In 1965, the new access road through the valley of Ourika is open and helped well join the Oukaimeden station who was dressed in two more and more skis-lift in 1967 was connected to the automatic in 1970 phones.
In 1992 finally, the top of Oukaimeden managed and the lift of the top combe viewpoint with a light and a cabin restaurant were built.

At the beginning of the 30's, the section of the high Atlas of French Alpine Club came out with Marrakech near the site of Oukaimeden and it is only around 1941-42 season that the section of the French Alpine Club from Casablanca came out.
At the wake, a league of ski French Federation (ski FFS) came out in Morocco to coordinate and organize the activity of all these clubs and many others who came out after 1942 and to contribute to the promotion of winter sports in Morocco of the 30's.

Skiing area in the station of Oukaimeden now covers 300 acres focused on the north side of the Oukaimeden mount, it ranges from 2620 to 3270 feet tall.

At the time of the snowy fairly years from now, this area is ski practicable mid-December at the end of March at is for one hundred days one time.
Given his relatively modest maximum altitude based on their latitude (31°) ski, the area of the Oukaimeden station does not allow to guarantee a snowing quality up during the period that is blocking the marketing especially abroad.

In the same way, precise we the same source of information, too great technical difficulty of the site is a liability: yes, 75% of the tracks of the station of Oukaimeden are addressed to good skiers and only 25% of the average beginner or skiers, when in theory, the proportions should be reversed.