In reply to acrkirby: In reply also to THE.WALRUS and bonebag
We did not need a guide to climb Toubkal starting from the hut, nor for Afella or our ice climbing.
I think it would be difficult to find a muleteer who was also a guide; the muleteers by and large seemed to be older men with little or no english, whilst the guides were younger with english/french of sufficient quality to make arrangements, discuss the routes etc.
We only paid for the guide to walk up to the hut and then on the final day to descend.
I can't comment on whether the police would accept non-Moroccan guides as suitable.