GR20 in 10 days

If you don’t really have the time to do the GR20 in 16 days and take the time to really enjoy the Corsican mountains, you can always do it a little faster, in 10 days for example. Doing the GR20 in 10 days does not mean doubling all the stages: with this option, you will double some stages, but never triple them. The division of the GR20 into 10 days that we propose below does not necessarily allow you to sleep in a refuge each time, and on some stages we have chosen to stop you before you reach a refuge, sheepfold or hotel.

Map of the GR20 in 10 days

The GR20 stages in 10 days: profile and mileage

As you can see, we’ve opted for a leisurely start, with the first stage a simple one to Ortu. On the southern part of the GR20, on the other hand, you’ll have longer stages, of between 20 and 30 km each day.

Then, as you can see on the map, it’s entirely possible to adjust this breakdown, for example by sleeping at Tighiettu instead of the sheepfolds at U Vallone, or sleeping at Manganu instead of the sheepfolds at Vaccaghia.

		KM	D+	D-	Tps
1	Calenzana à Ortu	11	1450	200	6h30	Plus d'infos
3	Ortu à la station d'Asco	15	1500	1700	12h	Plus d'infos
4	Station Asco à la bergerie de Ballone	10	1200	1250	8h00	Plus d'infos
5	Bergerie de Ballone à la bergerie de Vaccaghia	30	1350	1200	12h00	Plus d'infos
6	Bergerie de Vaccaghia à Petra Piana	11	950	650	7h45	Partie 1 Partie 2
7	De Petra Piana à Vizzavone	22	1100	2000	10h	Partie 1 Partie 2
8	De Vizzavone au col de Verde	29	1400	1000	10h	Plus d'infos
9	Du col de Verde à Usciolu	26	1550	1600	11h	Plus d'infos
10	Usciolu à Asinau	25	1150	1300	10h	Partie 1 Partie 2
11	Asinau à Conca	19	600	1600	7h00	Plus d'infos
TOTAL		186	12000	12000	95h00

This is a suggestion, it’s up to you to see if it suits you and adjust according to your level or your desires

What level to do the GR20 in 10 days

As we said in the introduction, doing the GR20 in 10 days means doubling some of the stages (10 days instead of 16, so you’ll be doubling most of the stages except for 2). It’s a good hiker’s pace, so you’ll be doing 2 stages a day: roughly speaking, one stage in the morning and one in the afternoon, with the possibility of stopping for lunch in the intermediate refuge at midday.

You don’t necessarily need a high level of physical fitness, but you do need to be willing and well organised, as you’ll need to book your refuges in advance, unless you set out with the idea of doing an authentic GR20 in 10 days, i.e. with your tent on your back and stopping whenever you like (not just anywhere, of course, as unauthorised camping is forbidden in the natural park through which the GR20 passes)

All the other ways of doing the GR20: