GR3 in 57 stages: distances, ascent and accommodation

Stage table

Stage	Route	Distance	Ascent	Descent	Walking time	High point
1	Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc → Le Lac-d'Issarlès	20.9 km	270 m	690 m	5h30 – 6h15	1,493 m
2	Le Lac-d'Issarlès → Arlempdes	18.4 km	510 m	670 m	5h15 – 6h	1,102 m
3	Arlempdes → Chadron	17.1 km	520 m	590 m	4h45 – 5h45	1,013 m
4	Chadron → Polignac	20.1 km	540 m	570 m	5h30 – 6h30	833 m
5	Polignac → Vorey-sur-Arzon	21.7 km	410 m	610 m	5h45 – 6h45	855 m
6	Vorey-sur-Arzon → Chabanolles	20.1 km	610 m	630 m	5h45 – 6h45	935 m
7	Chabanolles → Valprivas	19.1 km	830 m	520 m	5h45 – 6h45	833 m
8	Valprivas → Les Vacheries	21.7 km	510 m	380 m	5h45 – 6h45	993 m
9	Les Vacheries → Plenafey	15.6 km	310 m	140 m	3h45 – 4h30	1,218 m
10	Plenafey → Refuge de Garnier	15.3 km	330 m	50 m	3h45 – 4h30	1,414 m
11	Refuge de Garnier → Chalet Auberge du Col de la Loge	20.8 km	420 m	570 m	5h30 – 6h30	1,609 m
12	Chalet Auberge du Col de la Loge → Montsude	25.7 km	570 m	1,200 m	7h15 – 8h30	1,251 m
13	Montsude → Pion	15.1 km	590 m	160 m	4h15 – 5h	1,196 m
14	Pion → Saint-Clément	16.9 km	240 m	800 m	4h30 – 5h30	1,045 m
15	Saint-Clément → Châtelus	21.2 km	590 m	720 m	6h – 7h	708 m
16	Châtelus → Montcombroux-les-Mines	26.6 km	600 m	580 m	7h – 8h15	492 m
17	Montcombroux-les-Mines → Diou	28.9 km	340 m	490 m	7h – 8h15	429 m
18	Diou → Bel-Air	12 km	130 m	100 m	2h45 – 3h15	275 m
19	Bel-Air → Les Boulays	22.1 km	260 m	260 m	5h15 – 6h15	414 m
20	Les Boulays → Charrin	24.7 km	60 m	110 m	5h30 – 6h30	249 m
21	Charrin → La Machine	22.1 km	140 m	130 m	5h – 6h	254 m
22	La Machine → Marigny	29 km	260 m	300 m	6h45 – 8h	293 m
23	Marigny → Varennes-Vauzelles	14.6 km	30 m	10 m	3h15 – 3h45	211 m
24	Varennes-Vauzelles → La Marche	26.2 km	200 m	240 m	6h – 7h	330 m
25	La Marche → Pouilly-sur-Loire	20.5 km	110 m	120 m	4h30 – 5h30	204 m
26	Pouilly-sur-Loire → Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire	21.4 km	150 m	150 m	5h – 5h45	236 m
27	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Bonny-sur-Loire	23.3 km	110 m	120 m	5h15 – 6h15	200 m
28	Bonny-sur-Loire → Port Gallier	28.5 km	100 m	110 m	6h15 – 7h30	171 m
29	Port Gallier → Saint-Père-sur-Loire	31.4 km	40 m	50 m	6h45 – 8h	153 m
30	Saint-Père-sur-Loire → Châteauneuf-sur-Loire	23 km	0 m	10 m	5h – 5h45	117 m
31	Châteauneuf-sur-Loire → Combleux	23.8 km	0 m	10 m	5h – 6h	116 m
32	Combleux → Les Marais	25.2 km	10 m	20 m	5h30 – 6h15	104 m
33	Les Marais → Climat des Avarennes	24.5 km	0 m	10 m	5h15 – 6h15	96 m
34	Climat des Avarennes → Nozieux	22.5 km	30 m	30 m	4h45 – 5h45	100 m
35	Nozieux → Quartier de Vaujagot	20.5 km	70 m	60 m	4h30 – 5h15	120 m
36	Quartier de Vaujagot → Vigneau	21.8 km	100 m	110 m	4h45 – 5h45	108 m
37	Vigneau → Les Corneaux	20.9 km	160 m	170 m	4h45 – 5h45	113 m
38	Les Corneaux → Rochecorbon	23.9 km	160 m	150 m	5h30 – 6h30	114 m
39	Rochecorbon → Le Bray	23 km	0 m	40 m	5h – 5h45	75 m
40	Le Bray → La Rousselière	21.1 km	170 m	150 m	4h45 – 5h45	99 m
41	La Rousselière → Coteau de Sainte-Radegonde	24.6 km	170 m	170 m	5h30 – 6h30	117 m
42	Coteau de Sainte-Radegonde → Candes-Saint-Martin	24.3 km	130 m	150 m	5h30 – 6h30	108 m
43	Candes-Saint-Martin → Saumur	19.9 km	200 m	220 m	4h45 – 5h30	92 m
44	Saumur → Le Haut Beauregard	23.6 km	210 m	170 m	5h30 – 6h30	90 m
45	Le Haut Beauregard → Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne	22.5 km	190 m	230 m	5h15 – 6h15	83 m
46	Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne → Mûrs-Erigné	23.3 km	130 m	140 m	5h15 – 6h15	84 m
47	Mûrs-Erigné → Chalonnes-sur-Loire	29 km	180 m	180 m	6h30 – 7h45	95 m
48	Chalonnes-sur-Loire → Le Grand Village	32.2 km	290 m	290 m	7h30 – 8h45	97 m
49	Le Grand Village → Oudon	26.8 km	70 m	70 m	5h45 – 7h	72 m
50	Oudon → Nantes	27.2 km	140 m	150 m	6h – 7h15	75 m
51	Nantes → Le Moulin Neuf	27.2 km	150 m	110 m	6h – 7h15	67 m
52	Le Moulin Neuf → La Bernardière	21.7 km	140 m	140 m	5h – 5h45	77 m
53	La Bernardière → Le Pontreau	26.2 km	250 m	250 m	6h15 – 7h15	68 m
54	Le Pontreau → La Grée Cosson	37.2 km	80 m	120 m	8h – 9h30	60 m
55	La Grée Cosson → Marongle	21.6 km	20 m	10 m	4h45 – 5h30	15 m
56	Marongle → Guérande	21.3 km	60 m	30 m	4h45 – 5h30	52 m
57	Guérande → La Baule	19.3 km	30 m	60 m	4h15 – 5h	52 m

Our stage plan aims for days of around 6h of actual walking and always stops where you can sleep. Nothing stops you from combining or splitting stages: all the accommodation is listed.

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The stages of the GR3