MOROCCO 2018 The Atlas Mountains are between the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of North Africa. After successfully climbing and skiing down 12,671-foot Mount Toubkal, we decided to drive 10 hours into the Sahara Desert to ski gigantic sand dunes. Traversing through a sea of golden waves, we dropped into 500-vertical-foot pitches of steep sand, picking up speed before digging edges into terrestrial slopes. Some of the pitches were so steep we could almost slough off the face, jump-turning our way through hot red desert sand. Thirsty, sunburnt and satisfied, we were driving back into the land of snow-covered peaks of winter when I asked to stop the car and snapped this picture. In the distance you can see our next adventure: the incoming storm. A Skier’s Eye 071
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