Highlight • Mountain Pass
Gorges du Dades pass
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Road cycling
by 12 explorers
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Hein Mück
March 8, 2024
Road cycling
The Dades Gorge (Gorges du Dades) is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Morocco. The Affenpfoten near Ait Ouglif is a crowded tourist hotspot and the road through …
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•Andreas Platzl
January 10, 2017
Road cycling
Unknown, remote and spectacular. Not even locals know the name of this pass. Let alone the right height. It reaches, according to a local racing cyclist of 2600 m, to 2900 m; What Google Maps believes to be right. No matter. The Dades Gorge is sometimes narrower, sometimes wider, sometimes stony and sometimes smooth. Only one adjective describes the complete route: spectacular.
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•Elisa
November 14, 2025
Road cycling
Iconic spot, worth seeing
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Best routes to Gorges du Dades pass
38
riders
65.1km
03:19
1,100m
1,100m
Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.
Hard
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Elevation 1,720 m
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