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There are several other GR paths in the French Alps, and these all begin with the digit 5, for example the GR54 (Tour de L’Oisans, which is also covered by a Cicerone guidebook, see Appendix 2). Other GR routes in the Alps include the GR52 (a variation of the GR5, from Saint Dalmas-Valdeblore to Menton through the Mercantour national park) and the GR58 (Tour du Queyras), which forms the basis of the walk described in this guidebook. A circular GR route is generally referred to as a tour.

There are also several three-digit GR trails in the area, which again carry the same initial digit, and often link routes to the longer trails, such as the GR541, which links the GR54 in the Écrins to the GR58 in the Queyras. (This system has analogies with UK road-numbering – M6, A65 and so on.)

Looking back down to Saint-Véran (Stage 4)

There are at least 65,000km (c. 40,000 miles) of GR trail throughout France, and the network is still expanding. In addition to the long-distance trails there are many regional, usually shorter trails, referred to as ‘GRs de Pays’, as well as an abundance of local footpaths, or ‘Sentiers de PR’ (Petites Randonnées). In all, there are well over 160,000km (100,000 miles) of country footpaths in France.