The GR5 Trail - Paddy Dillon

The GR5 Trail

Through the French Alps: Lake Geneva to Nice

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Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2008
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-533-9 (ISBN)
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An essential guidebook for anyone planning to walk the GR5 trail from Lake Geneva to Nice through French Alps. The GR5 is one of the world's most spectacular long-distance trails, yet it is suitable for any moderately experienced hiker or trekker. The route can be walked in a month, or split over a series of summer trips.
New edition of this best-selling guide to walking the GR5 trek from France's Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean at Nice through the whole of the French alpine chain. The Grande Traversée des Alpes is one of the most spectacular and civilised mountain trails in the world. The route measures 674km (420 miles) and can be covered in a month, or it can be split over a series of summer trips to prolong the enjoyment. The guide includes interesting and scenic variant routes, including the stunning GR55 through the Vanoise National Park and the exciting GR52 through the Mercantour National Park.
The route is split into daily stages, with timings, ascents and descents given, illustrated by full-colour sketch maps, gradient profiles and colour photographs throughout. All the facilities and services from start to finish are also detailed.

Paddy Dillon is an outdoor writer with over thirty books to his name. He writes for a number of outdoor magazines, as well as producing information for tourism groups. Paddy has walked and written about every county in Great Britain. He has walked in Europe, Nepal, Tibet, Colorado and the Canadian Rockies. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers' and Photographers' Guild.

Contents

Introduction
Walking the GR5
Alpine Traverses
Who Walks the GR5?
Route Outline
North-South/South-North
Timings
Waymarking
GR5 Geology
Alpine Flowers
Alpine Wildlife
Alpine Farming
Pastous
Language
Travel to the Alps
Travel Around the Alps
Services on the GR5
Accommodation
Food and Drink
Telephones
Path Conditions
Alpine Weather
When to Walk the GR5
Kit Check
Maps
Currency and Costs
Emergencies
Key Points

Stage 1 Lac Léman to Les Houches
Day 1 St Gingolph to La Chapelle d'Abondance (direct route)
Day 1a Thonon-les-Bains to Chevenoz (alternative Day 1)
Day 2a Chevenoz to La Chapelle d'Abondance (alternative Day 2)
Day 3 La Chapelle d'Abondance to Chésery
Day 4 Chésery to Samoëns
Day 5 Samoëns to Refuge de Moëde Anterne
Day 6 Refuge de Moëde Anterne to Les Houches


Stage 2 Les Houches to Landry
Day 7 Les Houches to Les Contamines
Day 7a Les Houches to Les Contamines (high-level route)
Day 8 Les Contamines to Plan de la Lai
Day 9 Plan de la Lai to Landry

Stage 3 Landry to Modane

GR5 Route
Day 10 Landry to Refuge d'Entre-le-Lac
Day 11 Refuge d'Entre-le-Lac to Val d'Isère
Day 12 Val d'Isère to Bessans
Day 13 Bessans to Refuge du Plan du Lac
Day 14 Refuge du Plan du Lac to Le Montana
Day 15 Le Montana to Modane/Fourneaux

GR55 High-level route (Refuge d'Entre-le-Lac to Modane)
Day 11 Refuge d'Entre-le-Lac to Refuge d'Entre Deux Eaux
Day 12 Refuge d'Entre Deux Eaux to Roc de la Pêche
Day 13 Roc de la Pêche to Modane/Fourneaux

GR5E Low-level route (Bonneval-sur-Arc to Modane)
Day 13 Bonneval-sur-Arc to Lanslevillard
Day 14 Lanslevillard to Bramans
Day 15 Bramans to Modane/Fourneaux

Stage 4 Modane to Ceillac
Day 16 Modane/Fourneaux to Refuge du Thabor
Day 17 Refuge du Thabor to Plampinet
Day 17a La Vallée étroite to Plampinet (GR5B alternative)
Day 18 Plampinet to Briançon
Day 18a Névache to Briançon (GR5C alternative)
Day 19 Briançon to Brunissard
Day 20 Brunissard to Ceillac

Stage 5 Ceillac to Auron
Day 21 Ceillac to La Barge/Maljasset
Day 22 La Barge/Maljasset to Larche
Day 23 Larche to Bousieyas
Day 24 Bousieyas to Auron

Stage 6 Auron to Nice - GR5
Day 25 Auron to Refuge de Longon
Day 26 Refuge de Longon to St Dalmas
Day 27 St Dalmas to Utelle
Day 28 Utelle to Aspremont
Day 29 Aspremont to Nice

Stage 7 St Dalmas to Garavan/Menton - GR52
Day 27 St Dalmas to Le Boréon
Day 28 Le Boréon to Refuge de Nice
Day 29 Refuge de Nice to Refuge des Merveilles
Day 30 Refuge des Merveilles to Sospel
Day 31 Sospel to Garavan/Menton

Appendix 1 Route Summary - North to South
Appendix 2 Route Summary - South to North
Appendix 3 Accommodation List
Appendix 4 Basic French for the GR5
Appendix 5 Topographical Glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.4.2008
Zusatzinfo 100+ colour photos, 44 maps and 44 profiles
Verlagsort Kendal
Sprache englisch
Maße 116 x 172 mm
Gewicht 410 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Reiseführer Europa Frankreich
ISBN-10 1-85284-533-3 / 1852845333
ISBN-13 978-1-85284-533-9 / 9781852845339
Zustand Neuware
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