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Waymarking

The majority of the GTMC has standard waymarks. These consist of a square waymark with a white background on which is a red equilateral triangle next to two red circles. Alongside these symbols are the letters GT, followed by ‘Grande Traversée du Massif Central’. The majority of these waymarks are either 12 × 12cm or 10 × 10cm in size, but some are smaller. Other mountain biking or cycling trails have the same ‘triangle and two circles’ waymark symbol, but these are in a variety of colours (for example black, yellow, brown) other than red, and do not include the words ‘Grande Traversée du Massif Central’. These waymarks often carry the letters VTT (‘Vélo Tout Terrain’) and FFC (‘Fédération Française de Cyclisme’), and are found on fences, walls, posts, telegraph poles, trees and so on.

Waymarking on the GTMC (Stage 1)

Waymarking of the route is generally of a high standard – usually quite frequent and well placed – so you should have few problems with navigation. But do bear in mind that, over time, signs can be damaged, moved, hidden, stolen, or lost for a variety of reasons (tree-felling is just one), so always be alert. Waymarking, of course, can never be perfect, and no doubt there will be times when you are having difficulty finding the route, and there will be no helpful waymarks to assist you, whereas it always seems that when the trail is obvious, there is an abundance of waymarks!