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12 GRs Massif Central

Massif Central GRs: volcanoes, Stevenson, Way of St James

Volcanoes, the high plateaus of the Aubrac and the Margeride, gorges and the Cévennes: the Massif Central offers mid-altitude mountain hiking, accessible for much of the year outside winter.

It is also the starting point of several major routes, including the Via Podiensis at Le Puy-en-Velay and the Stevenson Trail. The GR4 and the GR6 cross it from east to west, and the GR68 goes around Mont Lozère.

In the Cévennes, the GR66 goes around Mont Aigoual, the Régordane Way (GR700) runs down from Le Puy-en-Velay to Saint-Gilles and the GR736 follows the Tarn from Villefort to Albi. Further west, the GR46 crosses the Creuse, the Corrèze and the Quercy between Tours and Toulouse.

Circular tour

Tour of the Cantal Volcanoes

Murat → back to the start
500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m2,000 m0 km50 km100 km150 km
Elevation profile: from 760 m to 1,818 m over 154 km.
155 km9 days6,700 m Challenging
Way of St James

Via Podiensis, Le Puy route

Le Puy-en-Velay → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km200 km400 km600 km
Elevation profile: from 65 m to 1,308 m over 751.8 km.
752 km37 days12,200 m Challenging
Long traverse

Stevenson Trail

Le Puy-en-Velay → Alès
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m0 km100 km200 km
Elevation profile: from 220 m to 1,604 m over 267.8 km.
270 km14 days6,800 m Moderate
Long traverse

Loire Trail

Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc → La Baule
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m0 km500 km1,000 km
Elevation profile: from 1 m to 1,502 m over 1,294.3 km.
1,299 km57 days12,800 m Moderate
Long traverse

From the Vosges to the Pyrenees

Ballon d'Alsace → Porteille Blanche
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m2,500 m0 km500 km1,000 km
Elevation profile: from 145 m to 2,247 m over 1,457.8 km.
1,461 km73 days34,450 m Challenging
Long traverse

From the Mediterranean to the Ocean

Grasse → Royan
0 m500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m0 km500 km1,000 km1,500 km
Elevation profile: from 2 m to 1,645 m over 1,517.3 km.
1,526 km73 days31,150 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
Elevation profile: from 3 m to 2,369 m over 1,368.5 km.
1,379 km64 days29,200 m Challenging
Circular tour

Tour of Mont Lozère

Villefort → back to the start
500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km25 km50 km75 km100 km
Elevation profile: from 546 m to 1,437 m over 115.2 km.
116 km6 days3,700 m Challenging
Circular tour

Tour of Mont Aigoual

L'Espérou → back to the start
500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m0 km20 km40 km60 km80 km
Elevation profile: from 699 m to 1,558 m over 82.8 km.
83 km4 days2,450 m Challenging
Way of St James

Régordane Way

Le Puy-en-Velay → Saint-Gilles
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km50 km100 km150 km200 km
Elevation profile: from 7 m to 1,229 m over 243.6 km.
244 km11 days3,500 m Moderate
Long traverse

Tarn Valley Trail

Villefort → Saint-Juéry
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m1,250 m1,500 m0 km100 km200 km
Elevation profile: from 188 m to 1,430 m over 285 km.
285 km14 days7,350 m Challenging
Long traverse

From Tours to Toulouse

Tours → Toulouse
0 m250 m500 m750 m1,000 m0 km200 km400 km600 km800 km
Elevation profile: from 48 m to 756 m over 963.2 km.
971 km43 days13,700 m Moderate

The GR trails on the map

GR10 · Pyrenees TraverseGR5 · Grande Traversée des AlpesGR54 · Tour of the Oisans and ÉcrinsGR58 · Tour of the QueyrasGR738 · Haute Traversée de BelledonneGR52 · Mercantour TraverseGR55 · Vanoise TraverseGR56 · Tour of the UbayeGR91 · Vercors TraverseGR400 · Tour of the Cantal VolcanoesGR509 · Grande Traversée du JuraGR5 Vosges · Vosges TraverseGR65 · Via Podiensis, Le Puy routeGR70 · Stevenson TrailGR653 · Arles route, via TolosanaGR654 · Vézelay route, via LemovicensisGR367 · Cathar TrailGR34 · Customs Officers’ PathGR21 · Alabaster Coast pathGR223 · Normandy coast path and Tour of the CotentinGR120 · Opal Coast pathGR51 · Balconies of the MediterraneanGR98 · Calanques and Sainte-Baume massifGR3 · Loire TrailGR9 · From the Jura to the MediterraneanGR7 · From the Vosges to the PyreneesGR36 · From the Channel to the PyreneesGR2 · Along the SeineGR1 · Tour of the Île-de-FranceGR4 · From the Mediterranean to the OceanGR6 · From the Alps to Nouvelle-AquitaineGR145 · Via FrancigenaGR655 · Via Turonensis, Tours routeGR78 · Pyrenean Piedmont routeGR68 · Tour of Mont LozèreGR53 · Northern Vosges TraverseGR59 · From the Ballon d’Alsace to the JuraGR50 · Tour of the Écrins National ParkGR340 · Tour of Belle-Île-en-MerGR39 · From Mont-Saint-Michel to the Grande BrièreGR38 · From Douarnenez to RedonGR66 · Tour of Mont AigoualGR700 · Régordane WayGR736 · Tarn Valley TrailGR69 · La Routo, the transhumance trailGR46 · From Tours to ToulouseGR13 · From the Gâtinais to the MorvanGR64 · From Rocamadour to Les EyziesGR20 · Corsica TraverseTMB · Tour du Mont-Blanc

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