GR5: Vosges — Hike5

In this fourth section, we will be climbing and descending through the Vosges Mountains: a medium-high mountain range in northeastern France. This mountain range is about 250 kilometers long; the GR5 winds through it for about 266 kilometers. The Vosges Mountains have rounded peaks, called ‘ballons’ in French. We enter this mountain range at Saint-Quirin and via Barr, Sélestat and Cernay we’ll leave the mountains behind at Giromagny just above Belfort. The highest point is Grand Ballon at 1424 meters in the southern Vosges which we’ll reach in the second half of our trip trough this mountain range.

The 13 stages trough the Vosges are:

28 Saint-Quirin ⇒ Col du Donon 28 km → 29 Col du Donon ⇒ Schirmeck 10,3 km → 30 Schirmeck ⇒ Le Hohwald 24,6 km → 31 Le Hohwald ⇒ Barr 20,5 km → 32 Barr ⇒ Scherwiller 32 km → 33 Scherwiller ⇒ Ribeauvillé 27,1 km → 34 Ribeauvillé ⇒ Faurupt 27,2 km → 35 Faurupt ⇒ Lac Blanc 14,9 km → 36 Lac Blanc ⇒ Mittlach 26,9 km → 37 Mittlach ⇒ Refuge du Storkenkopf 21,7 km → 38 Refuge du Storkenkopf ⇒ Thann 22,7 km → 39 Thann ⇒ Cabane Le Petit Chaume 24,7 km → 40 Cabane Le Petit Chaume ⇒ Giromagny 18,8 km →