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General Pages for this Country:
- Climbing, biking and hiking site (French)
- France on foot.com up-to-date information on hiking in France. Refers to a book with the same name: "How to Walk the French Trail System On Your Own".
- Grande Randonnee, oui mais … a petite vitesse Long Distance Footpaths on a lazy way … Nevertheless, they walked many of them. You will find mostly short notes (French)
- Hiking and alpinism in France Hiking and alpinism in France (dead link?)
- Mountain huts in France - Refuges en France All the CAF huts in France, season, telephone etc.
- Mountain Huts - Refuges in France As above: a list of CAF mountain huts per area, including phone numbers (French). Of course, there are many more huts.
- Les Parcs Naturels Régionaux A map of all the regional parcs in France
- Photographic Hikes in the Alps Randonnes photographiques dans les Alpes. Animals, flowers, birds… Nice pictures of the Chamois (deer). (French)
- Randonnées en France Auvergne, Pyrenees, Provence, Savoie
- Randonnées en Montagne Pierre Chaumeil. Diaries of walks in France (Pyrenees, Corse, Mont Blanc) and a Packing list (French)
- Rando Net Can’t figure this out. No idea how it works. Should be about the long distance trails in France
Hiker's home pages in this country:
- Thierry Aguéda: Montagnes He lists many short walks and climbs in the Pyrenees, Central Massif, Dolomites, Corsica, Alpes, Canary Islands. Useful and informative (French)
- Yves Anciaux Trekkings, mainly in the Himalaya. Pictures and short reports (French)
- Sébastien Auclair Retour de Course
- Les Balladins Eric Ravenet’s home page. He describes several walks in France and Canada (French, partly English)
- Philippe Batoux Home page: Alps, Expeditions (partly in English)
- Home page of Julien Beausseron he writes about climbs in the high Alps. His site is well organised; many access routes to well known peaks are described and you will find many attractive photographs as well
- Pierre Chaumeil Diaries of walks in France (Pyrenees, Corse, Mont Blanc) and a Packing list (French)
- Jacqueline et Bernard Corby Long Distance Footpaths on a lazy way … Nevertheless, they walked many of them. You will find mostly short notes (French)
- Philippe Giovinazzo Mountain Photography, mosly Alps (good quality) (French)
- Gwen’s Web Site dedicated to walking. (French)
- David Gueyffier Mainly climbing info
- Philippe Held Climbing, biking and hiking site dedicated to France (French)
- Christian Kieffer France, Tibet, Bulgaria
- Jean-Claude Lordier RandoAlp - a home page dedicated to the Alps (French)
- Jean-Marie Malherbe: Mountain pictures Pictures of the Pyrenees, the Alpes
- Marches Lointaines - Distant Trails Franck Zecchin’s new, attractive website, about exotic trails all over the world: Ladakh and Zanskar, Kilimanjaro, Crete, Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan, Yemen, Peru, the Nile valley, sirwa. A map leads you to the trails. Every trail is introduced by a situation map, followed by picture galleries. Have a look!
- Yann Masson La Montagne, ça vous gagne. Many French links (French)
- Pujos Online, the mountains website Information about summits and ranges. English front, French info
- Qwertzuiop Mountain Page nonconformist site of a mountain climber. His describtion of climbing routes include scetches.
- RandoRing A webring in English and French for hikers (May 1999 32 members)
- Sketch of walking How to make a book of sketch. Several examples of sketch. Good idea! However, not in English (French)
Organisations, Clubs and Alpine associations:
Tourist information:
Commercial sites: shops, travel agencies, book stores, courses
- Cairn organises mountain tours with mules.
- Hiking in the Pyrenees Hiking operator, specialising in the Pyrenees; the site - english, french, dutch - offers useful information on condition and health.
- La Ligne Verte Self-guided biking and hiking tours in France: Cevennes, Aveyron, Massif Central
- Montanea Site of Jean-Luc Pinel, Trek Leader
Ezines about hiking and outdoor activities:
- Petzl This web site is dedicated to climbing technique (French)
- Quartz Ezine on climbing and other mountain sports (French)
Climbing:
Trails and regions:
Aiguille du midi:
Alps:
- Aiguille Verte, Whymper Couloir (4122 m) Report of an expedition in 1996 with beautiful pictures
- Alps - Briançon Pictures
- Dent Blanche Diary and good pictures and information
- les Glières, Massif des Bornes Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Hautes-Alpes - Randonnée Pédestre Useful list of Gîtes and other lodgings.
- La Grande Traversée des Alpes et le Tour de l’Ubaye Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Massifs et lacs en Dauphiné (GR549) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- En grimpant au Mont Gioberney or: the climb of mount Gioberney: picture gallery
- Parc national de la Vanoise (GR5 - 55) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- St. Paul Sur Ubaye Introduction to this region in the Alpes de Haute Provence
- Préalpes de Haute-Savoie (GR96) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tours et Massif des Dents Blanches Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tours dans les Hautes-Alpes (GR94 - 946) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Alps - day tours Sanchez Oullins: hiking in the French Alps. La Randonnee illustrée: description of short walks (Vercors, Mont Blanc, etc.)
- Alpes Maritimes Long list of hiking suggestions, long distance footpaths (French)
- Sites d’escalade du Dauphiné Climbing guide to this area
Auvergne:
Bretagne:
Camino de Santiago:
- Camino de Santiago A well known punishment
- chemin de compostelle Santiago de Compostella, French part via GR65: Ultrea, du Puy en Velay, via Podensis, vers Conques, Cahors, Moissac jusqu’ Ronceveaux. A bit confusing site (French)
- Pèlerinage à Saint-Jacques de Compostelle French, informative site about the Camino de Santiago
- Ultreia! Ultreia was the song of the pilgrims on the way to Santiago. Andrea Kirkby wrote a fantastic report about her pelgirmage. Camino Frances, Via de la Plata, Via Tolosana.
Cévennes:
- GR67 trough the Cévennes, October 1999 Hiking in autumn, good idea. Long trip report of eight days walking along the GR67. Seperate picture page. (Dutch)
- Cévennes - Tour du Mont Lozère Two days. Short description (French) and some pictures.
- Backpacking tour 1999 Diary of an eight days walk. (Dutch)
- Cévennes - Tour du Mont Aigoual, GR7, GR60 Takes trhee days. Map, description (French), photo’s
- Raquettes autour du Mont Aigoual Scetch map and short characteristic of the trail (French)
- du Pilat aux Cévennes (GR7 - 72) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tour des Cevennes (GR 67) Short description, 5 days, photo’s
Chartreuse:
- Massif de la Chartreuse A very complete and well presented description of this area and its hiking and caving possibilities
Corsica:
- Travel report from Corsica Day to day description - day hikes (Dutch)
- North West Corsica Corsica is more than the GR20. Look at this one: Mare e Monti, Mare a Mare. Galeria - Evisa - Corte - Tattone - Breche de Capitellu - Corte. Well written short trip diary and pretty photographs.
- Hiking on Corsica Walking diaries of the five most popular long distance walks, except the GR20. Mathieu and Eric Geurts, Father and son (Dutch)
- Dunnos hike in Corsica The Northern part of the GR20: many pretty pictures
- Bastia - Calvi - Calenzana - GR20 - Tattone - Ajaccio Very useful hiking report, although it is in Dutch. Author gives many practical details. Pictures and map included. (Dutch)
- Cord’s GR20 Album Small picture album from the GR20 in Corsica. English.
- GR20 Complete covering of the GR20: lengthy diary with many pictures (French)
- Traversee de la Corse: Ajaccio - Calvi Part of the GR20, Ten days: short characteristic per day, scetch maps and pictures (French)
- GR20 - Randonnée Corse Site about the GR20, history, very basis sketch map, lodging (French)
- GR20: from Calenzana to Vizzavona Diary of a week on the GR20 (French)
- GR20: La traversée de la Corse A tour description with many pictures (French)
- GR20 Description (dutch)
- GR20 Various links, map information
- GR20 Some pictures.
- GR20 Short description.
- GR20 Map, links, description (Fred Triep).
- GR20 Report
- GR20 Links, literature, references
- GR20 A rucksack tour of three in 18 days
- Mare a mare centre Their first backpacking hike ever! Mare a mare centre (Dutch)
- Mare a Mare Centre A description of the the hike with photos. Author has added several corrections and additions to the trail description in Lonely Planet’s Corsica
- Mare a Mare Centre Description, huts and photographs, my own story ;-)
- Mare a Mare Centre Introduction, a travel plan and diary with pictures (Dutch)
- Mare a Mare Nord Another hike of the Geurts family: Introduction, a travel plan and diary with pictures (Dutch)
- Mare a Mare Sud Day to day description, 5 stages, gîtes (French). Server closed down; charged of "display pictures of Estelle Halliday nude"!!!
- Mare a Mare Sud Short intro, a practical travel plan and diary with pictures (Dutch)
- Mare a mare sud + Mare e monti sud Travel story including practical information
- Tra Mare e Monti Day to day description of this hike (Dutch). PS problem with loading this page
- Mare e Monti Report of a ten day’s hike on Corse. (Dutch)
- Mare e monti nord Map and travel plan (Dutch)
- Mare e monti sud A Travel plan and a hiking diary (Dutch)
- Tra Mare e Monti One of the long distance Trails
Côte d'Azur - Provence:
- Balcons de la méditerranée (GR51) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Côte d’Azur You will find many short descriptions of walks made by the GAR (Groupe Azur Randonnées)
- Côte d’Azur Same as above (dead link?)
- Côte d’Azur - Calanques Traversées. It takes two days to traverse these rocks. Information, description (if you read French) and photo’s.
- Beyond the French Riviera Practical information on the hiking possibilities: guides, maps, topo-guides,
- Tinée-Vésubie, Vallée des Merveilles (GR5 - 52) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tours dans la montagne de Lure Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
Ecrins:
- Ecrins Description of the climb of the Dôme de Neige des Ecrins 4015m, nice layout and info (French) - dead link?
- Massif des Ecrins Julien Beausseron describes many normal routes on this page, and the bivacs and mountain huts. Attractive pictures as well. Best start for the Ecrins. Recommended (French)
- Ecrins Site of the Parc National des Ecrins, the Alps between Briançon, Gap and Grenoble
- Ecrins - Dormillouse One-day walk, two pictures (dutch)
- Ecrins Three weeks in Les Écrins; diary in dutch
- Tour de l’Oisans (GR 54-541) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
GR5:
- Du Luxembourg aux Vosges (GR5) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Jura: From Fessevillers to Villers-le-Lac Walk in march. Daily report. Pictures (in Dutch)
- Grande Randonnée 5 / E2 Hiking from Spa to Barr (to be continued) Good pictures! (Dutch)
- GR5, the Vosges Currently, description of two day hikes. (Dutch)
- From Pieterpad to Rome After finishing the Pieterpad, they decided to continue along the E5 and GR5 (Dutch)
- Haute-Savoie, GR5 and TMB Nice short trip report and pretty pictures: Chamonix, Courmayer, GR5 and TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc)
- Jonction Modane - Guillestre This part of the GR5 runs through the Alps, Savoie and Queyras. Scetch map, pictures and short characteristics of each day (French)
- GR5 - GR56 - GR58: St Etienne de Tinée - Briançon Mercantour and Queyras. Scetch map, pictures and short characteristics per day (French)
- From Maastricht to Nice Long Distance Walking Hobby of Edwin van Elk. Currently: Coast to Coast Walk, and GR 5 from Maastricht to Nice
- GR5 Diary Diary. Currently Jan Flokstra walked 1192 from Holland to the Alsace. Still some 1200 km to Nice. (Dutch)
- GR5 - Grande Traversée des Alpes Day to day description (French) with information, photo’s (Tip: select "view image" in your browser and view the images larger)
- GR54 in the French Alps Bourg dOisans (Alpe d’Huez) naar Monetier les Bains. Lengthy story (dutch)
- GR51 - The Balcony of the Cote d’Azur General info, maps
- Jura - GR5 Description of a two weeks’ hike, with good pictures, a map, information (Dutch)
- Lacs et plateaux du Jura (GR5) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Jura: From Montbéliard to Morez A hike in autumn along the Swiss border, GR5. Trip report, scetch map, and good (my own) pictures.
- Val d’isere - GR 5 en 55 Small map and an account of the four-day walk (dutch)
- Val d’isere - GR 5 en 55 Same guys and same walk as above, but a lengthy story this time (dutch)
Luberon:
- Parc du Luberon Diary of a tour in the Provence (Dutch)
- Luberon Hiking report, pictures, map, packing list (Dutch)
Mercantour:
Mont Blanc:
- Tour du Mont Blanc, July 2000 Day to day description (Dutch)
- Tour du Mont Blanc, 1999 Day to day description including pictures and a packing list. (Dutch)
- Mer de Glace - Talèfre, and Aiguilles Rouges Short intro and many good pictures (French)
- Petit Mont Blanc (4683m) Slide show, good pictures
- Val Ferret / Val Veny Hike in the Mont Blanc Area; slide show, good pictures
- Du Léman au Mont-Blanc (GR5) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Mont Blanc Picture series with commentary
- Climb of the Mont Blanc Trip report, pictures (German)
- Mont Blanc, 4808 meter and Aiguille de Tour, 3542 meter, Argientiere Tour description (Swedish)
- Mallory Couloir, Aiguille du Midi Report of a climb, including pictures
- One hundred splendid classic routes A cross-reference between the Alpine Club’s guide books, Mont Blanc Massif - Selected Climbs (1990 and 1991) and Gaston Rebuffat’s book, Mont Blanc Massif - Selected 100 Routes, is now available.
- Haute Route / Mont Blanc - the classical route Description of the climb, pictures (German)
- Mont Blanc, 4807m, with skis Diary with pictures (German)
- Mont Blanc massif - Chamonix - Zermatt Diary (seven days), info, links, nice layout with photo’s (French)
- Mont Blanc - petite tour & Val Ferret Tour description with a map and pictures (Dutch)
- Mont Blanc Description in German, some pictures
- Mont Blanc - La Tournette Five day tour, pictures (Dutch)
- Mont Blanc A repository on mountaineering and climbing around Chamonix, maintained by Tuan.
- Mont Blanc Info and pictures on the Gouter regular route.
- Mont Blanc Report and some pictures
- Mont Blanc Pictures of the climb : Willem van Luttikhuizen
- Mont-Blanc Description of the climb. Practical things, diary and photographs (French)
- Mont-Blanc Climb of the Mont Blanc: good description with info, many pictures and some links
- Tour du Mont Blanc Good map, gallery, diary and general information
- Le Tour du Mont-Blanc (TMB) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tour du Mont-Blanc Day to day description, practicals, pictures - good page
- Tour du Mont-Blanc Description of the 8 stages, information and links, photographs (French)
- Tour du Mont Blanc Day to day description with many photographs (French)
- Tour du Mont Blanc Nine days around the Mont Blanc. Info, refuges, stages (French)
- Tour du Mont Blanc It takes four days, you climb 8153 meters and descend 7671 meters. Day to day description (French)
- Tour pédestre du Pays du Mont-Blanc Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
Normandy:
Oisans:
- Traveling in Oisans or, l’Oisans aux 6 vallées. General site for this part of the Alps, including many facts for hikers (partly French)
Provence:
Pyrenees - GR10 and HRP:
- Central Pyrenees, combination of GR11, Haute Randonnee Pyrennees (HRP) and GR10 13 days hike, passing the most impressive parts of the Pyrenees. Compact trip report and good pictures.
- GR10 Trans Pyrenean hiking trail Summer 2000. Trip Diary and many pictures
- Andorra, HRP Report is still fragmentary. They walked nine days, so I’m eager to know more about this hard trail.
- HRP - Haute Randonne Pyreneeënne Short description and a map
- Pyrenees - GR10 - HRP The stretch from Eylie to Le valier, zeven days. Nice photo’s (French)
- Pyrenees - HRP and other trails Walking the Haute Randonnée Pyrenéenne. Description of all the etappes of the HRP! Good pictures + maps, I recommend this site.
- GR10 and HRP Practical information of a group who walked for five weeks
- GR10, GR11, HRP General information (btw, the GR11 is on the Spanish side), list of gites
- GR10, GR11 and HRP, Andorra, Ordesa, Gavarnie Good page for exploring the Pyrenees. Detailed description of parts of the GR10 and HRP (east and central), pictures and maps. In Dutch, but Jaap van Veen also keeps an English page, more or less the samen (see below)
- GR10, GR11 and HRP, Andorra, Ordesa, Gavarnie English alternative for the page above. Very good as well, but less information. The picture series are attractive and good maps as well. Also good page for exploring the Pyrenees.
- Pyrénées Ariégoises - GR 10 Val Garbet, from Melles to Merens les Vals
- GR10 From Arrens to Melles, Day to day description with many photographs (French)
- GR10 The stretch from Melles to Eylie, three days. They were not too lucky, if you read their diary and look to the pictures (French)
- GR10 - Traverse of the "Parc National des Pyrénées (orientales) " Ten days, maps, pictures, descriptions (French)
Pyrenees:
- Pyrenees Passion Pyrnisme, walks, cross-country skiing, huts, information (French)
- Bearn National Parc They walked four days. Map, short account and pictures
- Orlu National Park Photo’s of a hike in august 2000
- Central Pyrenees Many routes around Gavarnie, Cauterets, Torla and Panticosa, in the French Pyrenees as well as in the Spanish Pyrenees. A useful scetch map guides you to the trails. (Dutch)
- Organised hike in the Pyrénées Atlantiques - Basque country Short trip report, diary, good pictures; pilgrimage tour (Dutch)
- French Pyrenees Hike, June 1999 Pictures and short notices of a walk along the GR10, near Cauterets.
- National Parcs in the Pyrenees (Parcs Nationaux Pyreneens) - Good introductory site if you are planning to go hiking in the Pyrenees, including a map. (French)
- Trekking in the Pyrenees Mick Guest wrote this short account
- Pyrenees Some information and a tour description (Dutch)
- Les Pyrénées Centrales Day to day description of the hike and many pictures (French)
- Tour with donkeys through Pyrenees A family with two children (8 and 10) cross the Pyrenees (Dutch)
- Virtual Pyrenees Worth a visit: many good pictures. Several destinations (Ordesa, Vignemale, Gavarnie) and trip reports (Dutch)
- Central Pyrenees Short descriptions of important places in the Haute-Pyrénées: Gavarnie, Parque Nacioñal de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (Espagne), etcetera (French)
- Tour du Pic du Midi d’Ossau Three stages. Practical info, photo’s (french)
- Breche de Roland From Spain to France. Practical information, pictures (French)
- "Randonnées en Pyrénées" this site is called. Clickable map. Descriptions of day trips, also in Spain. (dead link?)
- Pyrenees Pictures, maps and trails of different regions (French)
- Pyrenees Select "Randos Pyrenées/Cauterets" in the menu, and you get more hiking suggestions (some in Spain) than you can ever walk (French)
- Pyrenees day walks Suggested day trips.
- Pyrenees - Topos-Guides Guides for walking in the Pyrenees
- Pyrenees on horseback Journal d’une Cavalière en altitude. Diary of a horse rider.
- Pays Basque eleven days walk in Bask country, day to day account, good pictures (dutch)
- Le sentier Cathare Basic information
- Pyrenees pictures Some pictures
- Huts in the French National Parc of the Pyrenees Refuges dans le Parc National
- Ariege Mainly Ariege, but growing
Queyras:
- Le Tour du Queyras (GR58 651) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Tours in Queyras and Ecrins Several longer tours are described here; diaries and pictures; GR5, Monte Viso (Dutch)
- Randonnées dans les Hautes-Alps - Queyras Some day hikes, organised by village (French)
- Balade en Queyras a set of nice pictures and some links (French)
- Organised hike in Le Queyras Nice, short trip report with pretty, altough small, pictures (Dutch)
- Tour du Queyras Scetch map and short characteristic of each day. (French)
- Le tour du Queyras Eric ravenet describes the ten parts of this tour and adds many pictures. You can switch off the music. (French)
- Queyras Pictures
- Queyras - Ubaye - Italy Description of a four days walk, with some pictures (French)
- Queyras (French Alps) - Lac de Souliers Popular walk, in reach of the road (dutch)
- Queyras (French Alps) - Tour du Viso A report of Nel en Gerard Dammer, pictures, (dutch)
- Queyras (French Alps) Same persons as above
- Tour du Queyras (French Alps) - GR 58 GR 58C Report, tips, photographs
- Cross-country skiing and backcountry skiing in Queyras The story, photobook, itinerary, and Travel information
- Queyras Portal Info on the Queyras
Stevenson Trail:
Ventoux:
- Le Ventoux 1909 meteres, not very high, but well known: description and photos (French)
- Ventoux (1910m) Provence. Not much on this page yet.
Vercors:
Verdon:
Vosges:
- Les Crêtes des Vosges (GR5 - 53) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Vosges in May While the snow has not yet melted away, people start to walk already: read the story and look at the pictures (Dutch)
- Elzas and Vosges Short trip report (Dutch)
- Six days’ hike through the Vosges Trip report, map and trip suggestions (Dutch)
- GR531 from Col de la Schlucht to Col de Bramont, and back via the cretes five days hiking: a trip report and maps (Dutch)
- day hikes in the Vosges Four day trips. Diary. (Dutch)
- Des Vosges au Jura (GR59) Short excerpts of the FFRP Topoguide, good map, hiking suggestions (French)
- Fédération du Club Vosgien Addresses, maps, publications (French)
- Vosges, GR5, Schirmeck A hike in winter; cross-country skiing would have been more easy (dutch)
- Vosges Some day trips, with pictures
- Vosges Report with photographs
- Winter tour in the Vosges, 1999 on snow shoes. Trip report with pictures (Dutch)
- Vosges Walk in the higher parts, many pictures.
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