GR 5
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GR5 is also a variant of the "Harrier Jump Jet"

The GR 5 is a GR footpath^[1] that starts in the Netherlands, crosses Belgium and Luxembourg before crossing France from north to south. It is part of the European walking route E2. This trail is famous for its route through the French Alps from Lake Geneva to Nice.

A walker preparing to leave the Refuge de Bel Lachat on the GR5

The itinerary is :

• Bergen op Zoom, at the North Sea (Nl)
• Hasselt (B)
• Maastricht (Nl)
• Liege (B)
• Spa
• Ouren
• Diekirch (L)
• Dudelange, near Luxembourg
• Liverdun, near Nancy (F)
• Donon
• Ballon d'Alsace
• La Cluse, near Pontarlier
• Les Rousses
• Lake Geneva
• Samoëns
• Les Houches, near Chamonix
• Modane
• Briançon
• Saint-Étienne de Tinée
• Nice

Further Reading

• The GR5 Trail, Paddy Dillon. Cicerone 2008 ISBN 978 1 85284 521 6

External links

• Detailed description of hiking the GR5.
• Traversée du GR5 (in French)
• A map showing the entire route
• GR5 - useful information.
• GR5 - useful information.

References