{"id":49,"date":"2018-07-30T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T07:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2024-07-20T20:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:28:49","slug":"g-r-five-gr-5-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/?page_id=49","title":{"rendered":"Trail Markings and French Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trail marking (blaizes or waymarks)<\/h2>\n

The GR trails (grande randon\u00e9es,<\/em> that is, long distance trails) throughout the Alps mostly\u00a0use the same system of trail marking (“waymarking” in British English). A GR is marked with a white rectangle sitting above or upon a red rectangle.(Local, non-GR trails use other color combinations, or a mark of one color.) If two GRs (Grand Randonn\u00e9es) cross or branch, the number of the GR will be written on each trail.<\/p>\n

You will find the waymarks on trees, on stones, on signs, on walls\u2014wherever there is any question as to the trail, and often just as reassurance that you are on it. I have found it difficult to get off the proper GR trail, but it can happen. If you do, backtrack to the first visible trail mark, or use a map to regain the correct route. Also, there are a a few spots here and there in the Alps where you might want the reassurance of a waymark, and there is not one. So a map or guide book \u2014while not an absolute necessity\u2014can be very helpful.<\/p>\n

\"\"Upcoming turns of a GR are indicated by four perched rectangles, from top to bottom white, red, white, red. At the turn it self, an arrow will indicate the direction of the turn, and usually, should you miss the turn, the incorrect trail will initially be marked by a red “x” .<\/p>\n

For those who are following the GR5 from Holland, in Luxembourg and in Alsace there are separate marking systems that predate the GR5. Obtain local maps or guides: In the Vosges mountains of Alsace the maps published by the Club Vosgien are best.<\/em><\/p>\n

Obviously, where the GR trail markings diverge from the trace on your map or Topoguide, the markings take precedence. This means the GR has been rerouted. However, during the Alpine crossing, it is quite unlikely that the GR routing will have changed very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Trail Markings (almost everywhere):<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0White bar over red Bar<\/td>\ncontinue straight ahead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 As above with white arrow underneath, or white and red arrows<\/td>\nturn in direction of arrow(s)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 White and red X<\/td>\nbad direction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trail Markings in Vosges of Alsace, from the Donon to the Ballon d’Alsace, differ:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red bar<\/td>\ncontinue straight ahead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red bar with arrows<\/td>\nturn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red X<\/td>\nwrong direction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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French Vocabulary:<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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French:<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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English:<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hors GR<\/td>\noff the GR trail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tirets<\/td>\ndashes (dashed line on map)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abri<\/td>\nshelter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gite d’\u00e9tape<\/td>\ncommunal lodging on a road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Refuge<\/td>\ncommunal lodging off road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Chambre d’h\u00f4te<\/td>\nguest room, bed and breakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H\u00e9bergements<\/td>\nlodging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revitallement<\/td>\nsupplies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Car<\/td>\nbus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distributeur de billets (DAB)<\/td>\nATM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balisage<\/td>\ntrail marking, waymarking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cairn<\/td>\nrockpile marking trail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Variant<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

One of several versions of the trail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avant<\/td>\nbefore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devant<\/td>\nin front of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derri\u00e8re<\/td>\nbehind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr\u00e8s<\/td>\nafter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
En face<\/td>\nfacing you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plus loin<\/td>\nfarther than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jusqu’\u00e0, Jusqu’au<\/td>\nuntil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
En vis-\u00e0-vis<\/td>\nopposite each other<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
De, Du, Depuis<\/td>\nfrom (also de, du = of, of the)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauche<\/td>\nleft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Droite<\/td>\nright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tout droite<\/td>\nstraight ahead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quelques<\/td>\nsome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M\u00e8tre<\/td>\nmeter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Route<\/td>\nroute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piste<\/td>\nrough dirt road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemin<\/td>\nminor road, dirt road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 (empierr\u00e9)<\/td>\n\u00a0(rocky, stone-surfaced)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rue<\/td>\nstreet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sentier<\/td>\ntrail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voie (romaine)<\/td>\nway (Roman)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrefour, croissement,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 intersection<\/td>\nintersection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pente<\/td>\nslope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
En lacets<\/td>\nin switchbacks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
En contrebas de<\/td>\nfurther down than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sommet<\/td>\nsummit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corniche, Falaise<\/td>\ncliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ar\u00e8te, Cr\u00e8te<\/td>\nridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monter<\/td>\nclimb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Descendre<\/td>\ndescend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sud<\/td>\nsouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Est<\/td>\neast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nord<\/td>\nnorth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ouest<\/td>\nwest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B\u0088\u00e2timent<\/td>\nbuilding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00c9glise<\/td>\nchurch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mur<\/td>\nwall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cl\u00f4iture<\/td>\nfence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pont<\/td>\nbridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gare<\/td>\nrailroad station<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Gare routi\u00e8re<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bus station<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traverser, Franchir, couper<\/td>\ncross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emprunter, Prendre<\/td>\ntake (a road, etc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suivre<\/td>\nfollow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poursuivre, Continuer<\/td>\ncontinue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bifurquer sur<\/td>\nbranch onto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tourner<\/td>\nturn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Se diriger vers<\/td>\ngo towards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D\u00e9boucher<\/td>\ncome out (at)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quitter, Laisser<\/td>\nleave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en flanc<\/td>\ntraversing a slope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vallon<\/td>\nvalley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
For\u00eat<\/td>\nforest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferme<\/td>\nfarm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocher<\/td>\nrock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pierre<\/td>\nstone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clairi\u00e8re<\/td>\nclearing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Champs, Pr\u00e9, P\u00e2turage<\/td>\nfield, pasture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source<\/td>\nspring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cascade<\/td>\nwaterfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruisseau<\/td>\nstream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gu\u00e9<\/td>\nford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pas<\/td>\nnot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practicable<\/td>\ntraversable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glissant<\/td>\nslippery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pi\u00e9ton<\/td>\npedestrian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beginners pronunciation: “a” is as in father, “i” sounds like e in he, “o” or “au” or “eau” is like “o”, “ou” is like “u”. (A “u” is pronounced half-way between u and e.)<\/td>\n“\u00e9” or “\u00ea” or “er” or “et” is normally like a in hay;<\/p>\n

\u00e8 is like e in eh, “e with no mark is silent or like in the word the.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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  Trail marking (blaizes or waymarks) The GR trails (grande randon\u00e9es, that is, long distance trails) throughout the Alps mostly\u00a0use the same system of trail marking (“waymarking” in British English). A GR is marked with a white rectangle sitting above or upon a red rectangle.(Local, non-GR trails use other color combinations, or a mark of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}