Table of Contents

Route summary table

INTRODUCTION

A Long Distance Mountain Bike Trail
A GTMC for Road Cyclists
Walking the GTMC
Climate - When to Go
Supported or Unsupported
Travelling to and from the Region
Accommodation
Food and Water
Equipment
Maps
Waymarking
Training
Health
Snakes
Emergencies
Language
Money/Banks/Telephone
Insurance
Public Holidays and Time
Using this Guidebook

TRAIL GUIDE

Stage 1 Clermont-Ferrand to Laschamp
Stage 2 Laschamp to Murol
Stage 3 Murol to La Godivelle
Stage 4 La Godivelle to Allanche
Stage 5 Allanche to Saint-Flour
Stage 6 Saint-Flour to Paulhac-en-Margeride
Stage 7 Paulhac-en-Margeride to Le Girald&##xe8;s
Stage 8 Le Girald&##xe8;s to Bagnols-les-Bains
Stage 9 Bagnols-les-Bains to Le Pont-de-Montvert
Stage 10 Le Pont-de-Montvert to Sainte-Énimie
Stage 11 Sainte-Énimie to Cabrillac
Stage 12 Cabrillac to Dourbies
Stage 13 Dourbies to La Couvertoirade
Stage 14 La Couvertoirade to La Vacquerie et St-Martin-de-Castries
Stage 15 La Vacquerie et St-Martin-de-Castries to Saint-Jean-de-Fos
Stage 16 Saint-Jean-de-Fos to Montpellier
Stage 17 Montpellier to S&##xe8;te

Stage Maps for the Road Bike Alternative

Appendix A Budget Accommodation along the GTMC
Appendix B Other Long Distance Trails along the GTMC
Appendix C Further Reading
Appendix D Useful Contacts

About the Author

Alan Castle has trekked and cycled in over thirty countries and five continents and for many years led organised walking holidays in Europe. He has written more than a dozen guidebooks for Cicerone, several on long-distance mountain routes in France, and has been exploring the French Massif Central for over twenty years.