GR51 Route

Length (Menton to Marseille): 508 km Hightest altitude: 970 m

This eastern section, between Menton and Auribeau, west of Grasse is about 120 km.
Disclamer: the distances are obtained with a straight-ruler and the IGN maps, with a lot of fudging and estimating.

Time, Speed, Distance. We have no accurate way to measure the distance covered, but we are recording our times for each section. We hike at a fair rate (for healthy but aging hikers), but take time for enjoying the view and taking photographs along the way. We exclude only the time for a lunch break; everything else is "on the clock". Our own hiking times coincide pretty well with the section times marked on trail signs.

km	km tot	From	To	Time	Map
4	4	Menton	Jct GR52-GR51	2h00	A
10	14	Jct GR52-GR51	Castellar Monti Sainte Agnes	(0h50) (1h40) 3h20	A
3	17	Sainte Agnes	Gorbio	1h00	A
6	23	Gorbio	Mont Gros Col de Guerre (jct GR51B)	(1h30) 3h00	A
8	31	Col de Guerre	Drap		A
4	35	Drap	Tourrette-Levens		A
3	38	Tourrette-Levens	Aspremont		A
4	42	Aspremont	Colomars		A
4	46	Colomars	Gattiéres		A, (B)
4	50	Gattiéres	Saint Jeannet		(A), B, C
7	57	Saint Jeannet	#139 Pas de l'Escalier (NE of Col de Vence)		B, (C)
6	63	#139 Pas de l'Escalier	#69 (South of Col de Vence)		B
4	67	#69	Saint Barnabé		B, (C)
8	75	Saint Barnabé	Courmes	1h50	(B), C
3	78	Courmes	Bramafan		B, C
3	81	Bramafan	Gourdon		(B), C
11	92	Gourdon	Grasse tennis (Roquevignon)		C
7	97	Grasse tennis (Roquevignon)	Grasse		D
10	107	Grasse	Le Tignet jct D2562		D
9	116	Le Tignet jct D2562	Auribeau-sur-Siagne		D
9	125	Auribeau-sur-Siagne	Le Grand Duc (jct D92)		D

Maps key (in parenthese if only part of the leg is on that map):

A - 3742 OT (Nice - Menton)
B - 3642 ET (Vallée de l'Estéron)
C - 3643 ET (Cannes - Grasse)
D - 3543 ET (Haute Siagne)

GR51 Route

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