The GR5 Trail - Trekking through the French Alps

Guidebook to walking the GR5 trek from France's Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean at Nice through the whole of the French alpine chain. 660km (400 miles) and takes about a month. Crosses the Chabalais, Mont Blanc region, Vanoise, skirts the Ecrins, through the Queyras, southern alps and Alpes Maritime.

The GR5 Trail

Through the French Alps: Lake Geneva to Nice

Author

Paddy Dillon

Cover

Paperback - PVC

Edition

Second

ISBN_13

9781852845339

Availability

Published

Price

£14.00

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)
Sample Photos (6)

Seasons

Mid-June to mid-September, when huts will close.

Centres

Thonon, Evian and St Gingolph on Lake Léman (Geneva), Chamonix, Landry, Modane, Briançon, Ceillac, St Etienne-de Tinée, Nice

Difficulty

A solid 4-week trek through high alpine terrain. Needs stamina and mountain sense. Paths and waymarkings are good.

Must See

One of the great treks - great days, constantly changing mountain views, huts, alpine pastures and valleys.

A Cicerone aim is to give you a good day out in the mountains and this book offers you plenty. When I revisit this trail, this book will be going in my rucksack!

A classic alpine trail well within the capability of any strong walker, the GR5's red paint flashes run some 400-450 miles from the shores of Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean coast at Nice along the French side of the border with Italy. The GR5 keeps generally very high, initially among the pastures and meadows and under the great glaciers and peaks, these gradually giving way, as the coast is slowly approached, to the drier and hotter forests and scorched hills with their cicada chorus. In good weather the GR5 does not involve technical challenges and it is well served with accommodation linked by rail and bus.