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GR58D From La Monta to Les Fonts de Cervières. This is a variant, and has been dubbed the ‘high-mountain alternative’. The route is from La Monta > Sommet de la Lauzière > Collette de Gilly > Le Roux > Col des Thures > Col de Rasis > Col du Malrif > Les Fonts de Cervières. The whole route of this variant is included in this Tour.

These four official variants are detailed here so that references to them on signposts or maps will make sense. Note that these variants are waymarked in the same manner as the standard GR route (see ssss1).

The GR541

The GR541 is a long-distance trail linking the GR54 (Tour de L’Oisans) in the Écrins with the GR58 in the Queyras. The two great massifs of the Écrins and the Queyras are separated by the wide and deep Durance valley, where the town of Briançon is situated. The valley also carries the main-line railway from Gap to Briançon, and a major route nationale, the N94. About half of the GR541 is followed in the Tour described in this book, namely the eastern section – from the Durance valley into the heart of the Queyras at Furfande. Not only is this a fine route in itself, but it also allows the walk to be started straight from a main-line railway station, without further travel arrangements.