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12 GRs Alps

GR trails in the Alps: traverses, tours and routes

From the shores of Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean, the French Alps are home to the country's most alpine GR trails: passes above 2,500 m, staffed refuges, high-altitude lakes and national parks. The hiking season is short, from the melting of the snowfields to early autumn.

You will find long traverses, to walk in full or in sections, as well as circular tours of one to two weeks that bring you back to where you started.

Grande Traversée des Alpes

Saint-Gingolph → Nice

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m3,000 m0 km200 km400 km

590 km38 days31,250 m Hard Circular tour

Tour of the Oisans and Écrins

Le Bourg-d'Oisans → back to the start

500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m3,000 m0 km50 km100 km150 km

192 km15 days11,450 m Very hard Circular tour

Tour of the Queyras

Ceillac → back to the start

1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m3,000 m0 km25 km50 km75 km100 km

111 km9 days7,500 m Challenging Mountain

Haute Traversée de Belledonne

Aiguebelle → Vizille

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km50 km100 km

129 km11 days9,400 m Very hard Mountain

Mercantour Traverse

Menton → Entraunes

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m3,000 m0 km50 km100 km150 km200 km

221 km15 days13,300 m Hard Mountain

Vanoise Traverse

Tignes-le-Lac → Polset (Modane)

1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m2,000 m2,250 m2,500 m2,750 m3,000 m0 km20 km40 km

51 km3 days2,450 m Hard Circular tour

Tour of the Ubaye

La Fresquière (Méolans-Revel) → back to the start

500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m3,000 m0 km50 km100 km150 km

156 km10 days8,200 m Hard Mountain

Vercors Traverse

Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte → Brantes

250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m2,000 m0 km50 km100 km150 km

185 km12 days7,400 m Challenging Long traverse

From the Jura to the Mediterranean

Saint-Amour → Port-Grimaud

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m0 km200 km400 km600 km800 km

976 km53 days34,450 m Challenging Long traverse

From the Alps to Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye → Arcachon

0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km500 km1,000 km

1,379 km64 days29,200 m Challenging Circular tour

Tour of the Écrins National Park

Le Bourg-d'Oisans → back to the start

500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km100 km200 km300 km

373 km22 days16,900 m Challenging Circular tour

Tour du Mont-Blanc

Alps 166 km11 days Complete guide on TrekTMB ↗

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