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-GR52 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.

GR52 Larche - Menton

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 Village, Ski Station	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

Other Sites

Hike

Baisse Cavaline

Madonne de Fenestre

Refuge de Nice

Refuge des Merveilles

Vacherie de Roure

Pass

Baisse de Linère

Baisse du Basto

Bam Pass

Berceau Pass

Blainon Pass

Crousette Pass

Moulines Pass

Pas des Ladres

Salèse Pass

Trétore Pass

Waterfall

Boréon Falls