Morocco MAX Expedition 23-29 September 2026 – Wilderness Medical Training

Morocco MAX Mountain Medicine Expedition

This exotic, educational and challenging trip is running 23 -29 September. Starting from Marrakech, we’re returning to the remote eastern M’Goun region where we ran the expedition in 2023 and 2025. It is wild, beautiful and the terrain is demanding which is why we’re calling it a MAX expedition.

There are three inter-woven elements to this exotic trip; wilderness medicine education, mountain skills and trekking with our objective being Mount M’Goun 4068m – the 3rd highest peak in North Africa, and of course the cultural immersion with local guides, cooks and traditional Moroccan food.

Medical training, tutorials and group work will be interspersed throughout the journey. Mules carry our teaching kit and your sleeping bags (BYO). You’ll experience inspiring teaching and how an expedition should be expertly administered and led. Delegates come from across Europe and further afield with diverse medical backgrounds and laypeople attend to immerse themselves in many facets of austere medicine.

Excellent preparation to become more confident in the hills and build the skills required of an expedition mountain medic.

Fully inclusive of in-country services, tuition/guiding and arrangements (food, accommodation, cooks, mules and transport). Spaces are strictly limited this year due to the logistics, small refuges and strenuousness of the itinerary. Estimated worth up to 30 CPD hours.

Course	Dates	Details
Morocco MAX Mountain Medicine Expedition In 2026 we're going back to the stunning and remote M'Goun range to learn mountain medicine and climb the 3rd highest peak in North Africa. Best value Morocco trip we've ever offered. PRICE HELD AT 2025 RATE.	23 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2026	Book Course - £1099 Deposit - £399Marrakech,, Morocco14 placesPRICE HELD AT 2025 RATEHardHigh mountain trekkingMountains to 4000+m20-30 CPD hoursIncluded - hotels & mountain refugeFully catered

Delegate feedback

Fantastic week – engaging, inspiring, interesting
Great trip, instructors very approachable and fun, felt I learned loads – 10/10
Wonderful course – excellently planned & executed
Surpassed my expectations – thank you – worth every penny
Excellent course – perfectly pitched for all
Every bit of time used effectively
…a wonderfully supportive (teaching) team
Awesome course- great mix of learning & being active
I had a fantastic trip; it made me totally rethink my career! Will be recommending it to everyone!
Brilliant course – all very relevant, useful, fantastic content

Outline itinerary

Day 1, 23 September – arrive Marrakech by 6pm and make your way to our city centre hotel by taxi. Group dinner, briefing and kit check. The hotel is a few hundred metres from the famous souk (market) Jemaa el-Fna.

Day 2, 24 September – after a filling breakfast (fruit, eggs, pancakes, pastries…), we depart early for a mini bus ride to “Happy Valley” (Ait Bouguemez), a lush fruit growing area, rarely visited by tourists. Here we meet our local team of guides, cooks and muleteers and trek 1 to 2 hours to Gite La Tulipe d’Ikiss (1920m) where free flowing mint tea awaits us.

Day 3, 25 September – A demanding trekking day over a high pass at 3390m, then descend to the plateau at 2900m to sleep in the Tarkddite Refuge for 2 nights.

Day 4, 26 September – A pre-dawn start to climb Mount M’Goun.

Day 5, 27 September – Return trek to Gite La Tulipe d’Ikiss.

Day 6, 28 September – Trek out to meet our vehicles for the drive to Marrakech. Showers, debrief and refreshments! Final evening meal together.

Day 7, 29 September – Depart – share airport taxis or depart under own steam at any time – or stay to explore!

2026 Teaching team

WMT’s Barry Roberts is the expedition leader. He has been to Morocco 20+ times. The medical instructor is to be confirmed. Barry is a passionate mountain man and into climbing, ski touring and paragliding. He has about 50 expeditions on his CV, mostly to mountainous regions, including first ascents on skis in Greenland and the summit of Everest.

Medical & Mountain Skills Content

The content will be interspersed between trekking activities and on the trail and includes:
Lectures
Tutorials & discussion groups, cases
Practical tuition – medical & mountain skills

Planning and Pre-expedition considerations
• Expedition planning inc indemnity & medical screening

Mountain Medicine – lectures
• Altitude illness
• Hypothermia & cold injury, heat injury

Managing Injuries in the Field
• Trauma on expeditions
• Practical fracture management, patient packaging, working around helicopters

Mountain & Fields Skills
•Navigation essentials
• Rope work & security on steep ground techniques
• SOS devices

Discussion groups & tutorials
• Expedition mental well-being
• Medical kits – where to start?
• How to further a career in wilderness medicine?

Download a detailed note about the medical content here

Flights & insurance

Search SKYSCANNER for low-cost carriers that fly directly to Marrakech. Easyjet flys from Bristol, Manchester and Gatwick. Ryanair also has flights from several airports.

Personal travel insurance is compulsory for this trip and must cover trekking to 4000m. Please be sure that you also understand WMT’s Terms & Conditions regarding refunds if you book then can’t join the expedition.

Who attends and other general info

Doctors of all grades, nurses, medical students, non-medics and OHPs usually attend. No prior climbing or expedition experience is required but you must be walking fit and capable of trekking for five days (only carrying a daypack). Motivation to attend varies. Some people come to prepare with the intention of accompanying an expedition team or supporting mountain events. Others wish to bolster their CV or simply to sample expedition medicine and mountain travel and have fun in a well supported group. Whatever your aim, this inspiring, active and educational week in the Moroccan mountains is great value.

Vegatarians can be catered for. Other special dietary needs or health/fitness concerns? Consult WMT before you book please.

There’s always a course Whatsapp group so you can contact other delegates.

Our terms and and conditions are here. You are agreeing to them when you make a booking.