Updated 13-10-02. Links for France:
 
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France  

General Pages for this Country:

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:    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:    Chartreuse:
  • Massif de la Chartreuse A very complete and well presented description of this area and its hiking and caving possibilities
   Corsica:    Côte d'Azur - Provence:    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:    Luberon:
  • Parc du Luberon Diary of a tour in the Provence (Dutch)
  • Luberon Hiking report, pictures, map, packing list (Dutch)
   Mercantour:    Mont Blanc:    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:    Pyrenees:    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:    Others: