Africa is not a continent people associate with snow, but it has its own high places, and a handful of them have built real winter infrastructure around it. Mr. Alps now covers five of them, across two very different ranges: the High and Middle Atlas of Morocco, and the Maloti-Drakensberg range spanning Lesotho and South Africa.
Morocco: the High Atlas and Middle Atlas
Oukaimden is Africa's highest ski outpost, set in the High Atlas above Marrakech. Expect raw, off-piste terrain, donkey-led transport up from the valley, and a genuinely high-altitude feel just a short drive from a city known for heat, not snow.
Michlifen, nicknamed Morocco's Little Switzerland, sits in cedar forest in the Middle Atlas and leans into an Alpine chalet aesthetic, a striking contrast against its North African setting.
Habri is a smaller Middle Atlas outpost where locals trade the heat of nearby cities for cedar trails and Morocco's rare winter snowfalls.
Lesotho and South Africa: the Maloti-Drakensberg
AfriSki, in the Lesotho highlands, is southern Africa's unlikely high-altitude hub, built specifically to deliver a winter experience in the sub-Saharan Southern Hemisphere.
Tiffindell, across the border in South Africa's Eastern Cape, pairs Southern Hemisphere winters with specialized snowmaking and a small, remote lodge culture.
A continent with more altitude than its snow reputation suggests
Africa holds some of the world's most striking high-altitude terrain, from the Atlas ranges to East Africa's volcanic peaks. Mr. Alps' African coverage is still young. As our global mountain database grows, expect more of the continent's high places to appear here, tracked the same way as every other mountain on the platform: real data, updated live.