GR5 GR52

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The Grande Randonée GR5-GR52 links Lac Léman in Switzerland [map 4e] with the Metinerranean coast at Menton, in the southeast corner of France. This page in Beyond gives an overview of the GR5/51 trail [map gr05] crossing the Alpes-Maritimes and the Parc National du Mercantour, from Larche to Menton.

Our Beyond photo here is the Lac de Trecolpas, a good resting place before climbing to the Pas des Ladres.

This Beyond page is an overview of the GR5-GR51 crossing the Mercantour, not a detailed trail guide for the hike. Apart from the detailed information available on the web, we advise the "Topo Guide GR5-GR51"from the FFRP (Féderation Française de la Randonnnée Pédestre), and the appropriate 1:25'000 scale IGN maps of the area (listed in the table, below).

Beyond has hiked some parts of the GR5-GR51 trails, and some of them many, many times, but we've not done the full Larche-Menton trip, so we don't have direct experience to advance to you.

Place	Altitude	Maps	Info
Larche	1697 m	1:25k: 3538 ET (IGN) Aiguille de Chambeyron 1:50k: 3639 (IGN Orange) Larche
Lauzanier Lake	2280 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1
Boussiéyas	1880 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1	Hamlet, Gite d'etape.
Saint Dalmas-le-Selvage	1480 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1	Village, Gite d'etape.
Saint Etienne-de-Tinée	1142 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1	Small town, Gite d'etape.
Auron	1600 m	1:25k: 3640 OT (IGN) Haut Cians	Ski station, shops.
Blainon Pass	2014 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1    3640 OT (IGN) Haut Cians
Roya	1490 m	1:25k: 3639 OT (IGN) Haute Tinée 1	Gite d'etape.
Crousette Pass	2480 m	1:25k: 3640 OT (IGN) Haut Cians
Moulines Pass	1981 m	1:25k: 3640 OT (IGN) Haut Cians    3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée
Vacherie de Roure	1843 m	1:25k: 3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée
Roure	1132 m	1:25k: 3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée 1:50k: 9 (Didier Richard) Mercantour	Village, Gite d'etape.
Rimplas	1000 m	1:25k: 3641 OT (IGN) Moyenne Var	Village
Saint Dalmas Valdeblore	1290 m	1:25k: 3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée    3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie	Village, Gite d'etape.
Bam Pass	2452 m	1:25k: 3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée    3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie
Salèse Pass	2031 m	1:25k: 3641 ET (IGN) Moyenne Tinée    3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie
Boréon Falls	1470 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie	Café-resto, Gite d'etape.
Pas des Ladres	2107 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie
Madonne de Fenestre	1903 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie	Refuge (CAF).
Refuge de Nice	2232 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie	Refuge (CAF).
Baisse du Basto	2693 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie
Refuge des Merveilles	2111 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie	Refuge (CAF). Iron-age petroglyphs in the Vallée des Merveilles.
Baisse Cavaline	2107 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie
Pointe des Trois Communes	2080 m	1:25k: 3741 OT (IGN) Vallée de la Vésubie    3741 ET (IGN) Vallée de la Bévéra	Ruined forts on the hills south.
Baisse de Linère	1342 m	1:25k: 3741 ET (IGN) Vallée de la Bévéra
Sospel	354 m	1:25k: 3741 ET (IGN) Vallée de la Bévéra 1:50k: 26 (Didier Richard) Pay d'Azur	Small town, Gite d'etape. Nice - Cuneo train.
Trétore Pass	1107 m	1:25k: 3741 ET (IGN) Vallée de la Bévéra
Berceau Pass	1148 m	1:25k: 3742 OT (IGN) Nice-Menton
Menton	16 m	1:25k: 3742 OT (IGN) Nice-Menton