The GR5 Trail

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 Leman 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 Chesery; Day 4 Chesery to Samoens; Day 5 Samoens to Refuge de Moede Anterne; Day 6 Refuge de Moede 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'Isere; Day 12 Val d'Isere 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 Peche; Day 13 Roc de la Peche 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 Vallee etroite to Plampinet (GR5B alternative); Day 18 Plampinet to Briancon; Day 18a Nevache to Briancon (GR5C alternative); Day 19 Briancon to Brunissard;

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.