Walking in the Alps (GR5?)



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Trevor Appleton

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Having had three trips in Norway in the past 12 months using the excellent
facilites of DNT (http://www.turistforeningen.no/index.php?fo_id=782)

I have my eyes set on the Alps next year, perhaps the GR5? St Gingolf to
Nice.

Is there any comparable network of huts? (der showers every night is nice!)

More than 11 kilos on the back totally ruins any walk for me.
 
"Trevor Appleton" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is there any comparable network of huts? (der showers every night is nice!)

Don't know about Norway ... or the details of the GR5

but wherever in the alps I have been it was crawling with huts.

From coldwater wash-basins shut at 9pm (and no light in toilets at
night) to hot showers and luxury beds.

there is a link on www.mgk.org.uk/links.html to Jo's
Hüttenverzeichniss (or similar) which covers a lot of references.

hth

mgk
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"Markus G. Klötzer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Trevor Appleton" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Is there any comparable network of huts? (der showers every night is
nice!)
>
> Don't know about Norway ... or the details of the GR5
>
> but wherever in the alps I have been it was crawling with huts.
>
> From coldwater wash-basins shut at 9pm (and no light in toilets at
> night) to hot showers and luxury beds.
>
> there is a link on www.mgk.org.uk/links.html to Jo's
> Hüttenverzeichniss (or similar) which covers a lot of references.
>

We did it some years ago in June and September. If you go during the high
season i.e. July/Aug), I strongly suggest you book the huts in advance, of
which they are plenty, and the villages have either Gites (like a refuge but
for villages); if you have a tent, you can often put it up outside the hut
and have meals and showers. Most allow you to do this, and it's often more
peaceful than a packed dormitory! Sections of it can get very busy such as
the section shared with the Tour du Mont Blanc. We liked the part through
the Vanoise best and again south of Briançon where it quietens down. The
southern part towards Nice has lots of tracks as opposed to footpaths
though, which was disapointing.

Hope this helps

Michele
 
"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I strongly suggest you book the huts in advance


I seem to remember that with Alpine Club Huts you have to be a member
to book in advance. But any of the member clubs will do. You can get
the ticket with some british clubs, or like friends of mine joined the
british section of the austrian alpine club

cu

mgk
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