The road first winds its way up from Oued Lahou Valley to the village of Bab Taza. It is said that the village mosque is the oldest in the Rif region. High above the village, water-falls and mountain streams splash and ripple down the side of the mountain.
Visitors enjoy walking here, especially in spring, when the meadows are covered with flowers.
Elms and various kinds of oak trees line the road. At such altitudes in the Rif Mountains' alpine regions, with their ancient cedar forests, it can snow as late as April. There are often extreme drops in temperature in spring. The obvious affluence of Rif farmers is certainly not based on the production of corn alone. All the roads leading to and from Ketama are notorious for the sale of hashish to tourists by the locals.