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GR54 - TOUR OF THE OISANS 2012 - ITINERARY and KIT LIST
Stage
Date
Start/Route
Finish
Height
Dist
Ascent
Hours
Lodging
CAF
Comment
Metres
Km
Metres
(inc stops)
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
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
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
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