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Any particular difficulties are discussed in the introductory summary to each stage and in the route description.

Grandes Randonnées

France has a very extensive network of long-distance paths, called Grandes Randonnées (literally ‘big walks’), commonly abbreviated to GR. Each GR route has been designated a number, for example GR7 or GR20. The principal long-distance trails, like the GR4 and GR5, usually carry a low number while shorter circular routes, variations or link routes, have two- or three-digit numbers.

Summit cairn, Pic de Foréant (Alternative to Stage 5 and Stage 6)

Trails in a particular area or in the vicinity of a one-digit GR all carry the same first number. For example, the major GR trail in the French Alps is the GR5 (a significant part of the 4850km/3012 mile European E2 route from Ireland via the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and France to Nice), which enters the Alps at Lake Geneva and continues south to the Mediterranean. The Alpine part of the GR5 is also known as La Grande Traversée des Alpes (and is the subject of a Cicerone guidebook – see Appendix 2).