Hike · Alps
Custom GR5, the Alps crossing poster
From Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean along the GR5: the Chablais, Mont Blanc, the Vanoise, the Queyras, the Mercantour and the finish in Nice. About 650 km, 30,000 m of climbing, a month on foot.
12 stages
- Distance
- about 650 km
- Elevation gain
- about 30,000 m
- Duration
- 28 to 35 days
- Season
- July to mid-September
The GR5 on a poster
The GR5 runs down the whole French Alps, from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean: the Chablais and its pastures, the face of Mont Blanc from Les Houches, the Vanoise, the Maurienne, Briançon, the villages of the Queyras, the Col de Larche, the Mercantour and, after a month, the first olive groves before Nice. The Grande Traversée des Alpes, plain and simple.
On the poster, the line runs north to south with the villages and refuges where you actually slept. Walked it over two summers, only the Vanoise, or finished via the GR52 and Menton rather than Nice? Add, remove and move the stages: the map redraws every time.
Import the GPX files from your watch so the exact track, pass by pass, replaces the approximate line. Your start and finish dates as a subtitle, and the crossing fits on a wall.
The stops
The route opens in the editor with these stops already placed. Add the ones you are missing, remove the ones you skipped, change the order: the map redraws with every change.
- 1 Saint-Gingolph Saint-Gingolph, Haute-Savoie, France
- 2 La Chapelle-d’Abondance La Chapelle-d’Abondance, Haute-Savoie, France
- 3 Samoëns Samoëns, Haute-Savoie, France
- 4 Les Houches Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France
- 5 Landry Landry, Savoie, France
- 6 Modane Modane, Savoie, France
- 7 Briançon Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France
- 8 Ceillac Ceillac, Hautes-Alpes, France
- 9 Larche Larche, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
- 10 Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- 11 Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- 12 Nice Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Posters already printed
Road trips, hikes, marathons, bike tours: every poster starts from a real journey.
How it works
- 1
Open the route
One click on the button and the map loads with every stop and the line.
- 2
Make it yours
Your own stops, your dates as a subtitle, the map style and colours you like.
- 3
Order without an account
Printed on premium paper, shipped in a rigid tube, free delivery. Or the PDF file, available immediately.
Sizes and prices
Three sizes, three papers, from €43 printed or €20 as a PDF. Free delivery to Europe, the UK, the US and Canada.
See all sizes and papersFrequently asked questions
Can I make a poster of just part of the GR5?
Yes. Keep the stages you walked and remove the others: from Lake Geneva to Chamonix, the Vanoise alone, or Briançon to Nice. Title and subtitle are free text.
I finished via Menton and the GR52, is that possible?
Yes. Replace the last stages with yours, Saint-Dalmas-Valdeblore, Sospel, Menton, or import the GPX track: the map reframes on your finish.
How do I import my GR5 GPX track?
Export each day from Strava, Garmin Connect, Komoot or Visorando as a .gpx file and drop the files into the editor. The tracks chain on the same map, and the total distance is calculated automatically.
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