Walking Tour of the Queyras - GR58 and GR541 in the French Alps

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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
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Published
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
18 Feb 2009
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852845100
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1852845104
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm
Weight
270g
Pages
192
No. Maps
14
Originally Published
18 Feb 2009

Tour of the Queyras

The GR58 and GR541 in the French Alps by Alan Castle

A guide to a backpacking tour of the Queyras region of the Haute Alps on the border between Italy and France, following the GR58 and GR541 trails. The route includes the highest point reached on any grand randonée with 24 cols above 2000m and options to climb up to 17, five above 3000m. More...

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Activities

Walking, trekking, backpacking

Seasons

Mid-June to mid-October without specialist winter walking equipment; refuges particularly busy Read More... between 14 July and 15 August; warm, settled weather all summer

Centres

Nice, Guillestre, Montdauphin, Turin, Abriès, Saint-Véran, Ceillac, Briançon

Difficulty

Several summits can be reached by the ordinary walker, without specialist equipment or skills; Read More... other (optional) ascents need more experience; basic route suitable for any fit hillwalker

Must See

Monte Viso, Pic de Rochebrune, Grand Glaiza, Le
Pain de Sucre, Tête des Toillies, Le Grand Read More... Queyras, Bric Bouchet, Tête du Pelvas, the Guil valley
 
 

The official mapping agency in France, the Institut Geographique National (IGN), the equivalent of Britain’s Ordnance Survey, produces the following maps, which are of use to those walking the Tour of the Queyras.

1 IGN Carte de Randonnée 1:25 000

Three maps are required to cover the entire route of the Tour described in this guidebook.

  • Sheet 3637 OT. Mont Viso (St-Véran – Aiguilles). Parc Naturel Régional du Queyras.
  • Sheet 3537 ET. Guillestre – Vars – Risoul. Parc Naturel Régional du Queyras.
  • Sheet 3536 OT. Briançon – Serre-Chevalier – Montgenèvre. Only a very small part of the Tour is shown on this map.


All the 1:25 000 IGN maps are of excellent quality and are highly recommended.

2 IGN 1:60 000

Sheet 06. Queyras – Ubaye. This map covers the whole of the Tour du Queyras and also includes the Tour of Monte Viso.

These maps can be bought from specialist map shops in the UK as well as local and main city outlets in France (see Appendix 3).

Each stage in this guidebook is illustrated by a diagrammatic map of the route.

 
 
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