Where the granite turns slick after a storm, your cover holds

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Broken wrist on bare slabs, care up to €150,000

On the GR20 your hands work as hard as your feet: smooth slabs, chained sections, unstable scree. A slip quickly means a fractured wrist or a gashed knee. Your medical expenses are covered up to €150,000, from the first consultation in Ajaccio or Bastia to surgery if it comes to that.

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Hours from the nearest road, helicopter costs handled

Much of the route lies hours from any drivable track, so getting an injured hiker out usually means a helicopter. Assistance and repatriation at actual cost cover transport from the place of the accident and then your return home, whether that is on the mainland or in another country.

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Racing in the mountains too? The Competition option follows

Some trail runners come to the GR20 to train on technical ground before their big goals of the year. If you pin on race numbers, the Competition option covers official competition on every event and across the whole season, in France and abroad.

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Serious fall on a chained passage, a lump sum up to €200,000

In 2015 a deadly rockfall led to the closure of the Cirque de la Solitude and a rerouting of the trail. The ground remains serious, and a bad fall can leave permanent disability. The disability lump sum can then reach €200,000, depending on the rate recognised.

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Heat, thin water supplies and storms, why hikers stumble on the GR20

The first stages out of Calenzana climb hard in full heat, and many hikers set off with packs that are far too heavy. Water can be scarce between huts. Then come the afternoon storms that turn the granite greasy, and the wind on the ridges. Second-week fatigue does the rest, and a single misplaced foot is enough.

For many, the GR20 is the reward for years of mountain walking. Between big traverses you still hike at weekends, at home or abroad, and accidents do not take holidays. Our hiking insurance covers you all year round, on day hikes and multi-day routes alike, whatever your country of residence.

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North and south of Vizzavona, the essentials

The GR20 splits into two halves around Vizzavona. The north is rockier and more technical, the south greener but long. Most people walk it in around fifteen stages from hut to hut, and inside the regional nature park camping is only allowed close to the huts.

  • Location: Corsica, from Calenzana in the north to Conca in the south
  • Next edition: Every summer, June to September
  • Format: About 180 km and 12,000 m of ascent in around 15 days
  • Participants: Around 20,000 hikers a year
  • Conditions: Rocky terrain, chained sections, heat, storms, scarce water

Guiding groups on long traverses? One policy covers them all

You lead a fifteen-day mountain traverse with long stages and nights in huts. We insure all your participants under a single policy. Medical assistance answers around the clock, 24/7, and repatriation is included. If your project needs a partner or a sponsor, we can come on board too, anywhere in the world.

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FAQ

Questions hikers ask before leaving Calenzana

Yes. Cover is attached to you, not to the full route. Whether you walk the north, the south or the whole traverse, you are insured for the period you choose, on every day you spend on the trail.

No. This is not cancellation insurance, so neither hut bookings nor the ferry nor your flights are refunded. AxeoSport steps in on the consequences of a bodily injury: medical care, rescue, repatriation and disability.

Yes, it is strongly advisable. The leader's professional liability only pays out if they are at fault, not for your treatment after an ordinary fall. Your personal accident insurance is what pays for your medical care and repatriation.

Yes. Cover applies whatever your country of residence. A hiker from Belgium, Switzerland or Canada is insured on the GR20 just like one from Lyon, and repatriation brings you back to your own home.

It depends on how long your traverse lasts and the options you pick. The online quote shows the exact amount in a few minutes, so do it before you book your huts and your ferry crossing.

From the Bavella needles to the northern ridges, walk without worry