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GR54 - TOUR OF THE OISANS 2012 - ITINERARY and KIT LIST | ||||||||||
Stage |
Date |
Start/Route |
Finish |
Height |
Dist
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Ascent
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Hours
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Lodging |
CAF |
Comment |
Metres |
Km
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Metres
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(inc stops)
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Fri 31/8 | Manchester / North America | Bourg d'Oisans | 720 |
Hotel des Alpes - (+33)476 800016 |
N |
15.00 or 15.30 shuttle, then 16.30 or 17.25 bus Three rooms - €57per room, €8pp b'fast, €20 dinner |
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1 |
Sat 1/9 | Bourg d'Oisans | Clavans | 1365 |
20 |
1400 | 7.50 |
Auberge du Savel - (+33)476 802528 |
N |
Two rooms - €47pp half board |
2 |
Sun 2/9 | Clavans | Le Chazelet | 1786 |
17 |
1300 | 7.10 |
Gite Chez Baptiste - (+33)476 799209 | N |
Dortoir - €40pp half board |
3 |
Mon 3/9 | Le Chazelet (via Col de Lauteret) | Ref de L'Alpe de Villar d'Arene | 2077 |
19 |
950 | 7.40 |
Ref de l'Alpe de Villar d'Arene - (+33)476 799466 | Y |
Dortoir - Alpine Club discount. Allow for €50pp |
4 |
Tues 4/9 | Ref de L'Alpe de Villar d'Arene | Monetier-les-Bains | 1495 |
13 |
400 | 4.40 |
Le Flourou (Gite) - (+33)492 244113 | N |
Dortoir for 6 - €44pp half board |
5 |
Wed 5/9 | Monetier (via Col des Grangettes) | Vallouise | 1166 |
20 |
1200 | 7.45 |
L'Agliere (Gite) - (+33)492 235252 | N |
Two rooms - €33 and €35pp half board |
6 |
Thurs 6/9 | Vallouise | Ref des Bans | 2076 |
12 |
950 | 4.30 |
Refuge des Bans - (+33)492 233948 | Y |
Dortoir - Alpine Club discount. Allow for €50pp |
7 |
Fri 7/9 | Ref des Bans | Ref Chaumette | 1790 |
18 |
1200 | 8.05 |
Refuge du Pre de la Chaumette - (+33)492 559534 | Y |
Dortoir - Alpine Club discount. Allow for €50pp |
8 |
Sat 8/9 | Ref Chaumette | Ref de Vallonpierre | 2280 |
11 |
1300 | 6.00 |
Refuge de Vallonpierre - (+33)492 552781 | N |
Dortoir - Alpine Club discount. Allow for €50pp |
9 |
Sun 9/9 | Ref de Vallonpierre (via Col de Colombes) | Ref des Souffles | 1975 |
21 |
1400 | 9.00 |
Refuge des Souffles - (+33)492 552291 | Y |
Dortoir - Alpine Club discount. Allow for €50pp |
10 |
Mon 10/9 | Ref des Souffles | Le Desert-en-Valjouffrey | 1255 |
10 |
600 | 4.40 |
Auberge l'Eterlou - (+33)476 302512 | N |
'Desert Stopover' (Dortoir?) €37pp half board |
11 |
Tues 11/9 | Le Desert-en-Valjouffrey | Valsenestre | 1294 |
9 |
1050 | 5.30 |
Gite d'Etape Le Beranger - (+33)476 302088 | N |
Dortoir - €40pp half board |
12 |
Wed 12/9 | Valsenestre | Ref de la Muzelle | 2130 |
10 |
1350 | 3.40 |
Refuge de la Muzelle - (+33)476 790201 | N |
Dortoir - €41pp half board |
13 |
Thurs 13/9 | Ref de la Muzelle | Bourg d'Oisans | 720 |
18 |
500 | 7.40 |
Hotel des Alpes - (+33)476 800016 | N |
Three rooms - €52per room, €8pp b'fast, €20 dinner |
Fri 14/9 | Bourg d'Oisans | Home | N |
06.50 or later bus to Grenoble, then 10.00 shuttle to Lyon | ||||||
TRIP TOTALS | 198 |
13600 | 84.10 |
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Airport Shuttle: Lyon to Grenoble - every 30 minutes or 1 hour - journey time 1 hour | ||||||||||
Bus from Grenoble to Bourg: 13.50, 16.30, 17.25, 18.00, 19.10 - journey time 1 hr 40 mins | ||||||||||
Bus from Bourg to Grenoble: 05.55, 06.50, 7.10, 8.05, 8.25, 10.25, 11.30, 13.15, 13.40, etc | ||||||||||
Ken arrives in Lyon on 30 August, and is staying at the Globe et Cecil Hotel | ||||||||||
Approx daily cost: €50 to €60, perhaps less; ATMs at Bourg, Monetier and Vallouise | ||||||||||
Credit Cards not usually accepted except in hotels. Take lots of cash | ||||||||||
Timings allow for stops. Several 'half days' allow for possible adjustments for bad weather | ||||||||||