[meatball]

Anybody have any beta on Seynes? What time of year is best to head there etc
Cheers in advance

[Drewski Rootbitch]

I had a day or two there a few years ago on the way back from Spain.
It was okay, but I remember being underwhelmed by 90% of it.
If I remember rightly, Nouvelle monde was about the only really good sector, the classics were all fab though, tube neural, dinosaure etc.
We didn't have a guide, so just went off what we recognised/looked best.
If you're climbing well, more than a few days and you'll be ready for a change, but there's plenty of other areas close-ish.
We were in a van, so didn't experience much of the village, so no advice for you there.
I can't remember what time of year we were there, but it was far too hot, infact we didn't see anyone else climbing for the entire duration.
I remember it was quiet because I did a full length crag streak.

[meatball]

Cheers pal. We are going to do several areas over two weeks so a couple of days there sounds like plenty. Going in April so hope it wont be too hot!

[abarro81]

I was there briefly at a similar time of year a couple of years back.. It was too hot if there was any sun and no shade to be had so we sacked it to tarn, think it's more of a crag for Jan/Feb or cold and shady days.

[dod]

maybe beter in early winter because, certainly if you are climbing in the 7's and above, the sector that you will be interested in is fairly tufa intensive. you want it cold but not much water in the ground.

[RichK]

We were there at Easter a few years ago and it was way too hot. Best for cold, dry,sunny December/January days I'd say. Good crag tho....

[chummer]

What Rich says UNLESS you climb in the morning until lunch/gets too hot, head back down to the car park, not far (if that's your doss) and eat and chill then go back up later in the afternoon and evening when it's cooler again. We did this when it was pretty hot and it worked well. There is basically no shade at the crag and it gets the sun all day.

[nash1]

We had a few days there last Easter and it was climbable all day, but you wouldn't want it any hotter. The main sector is very cool and well worth a visit. The nearby stuff is also cool, Claret, Russan and Tarn. I would give Thaurac a miss, very underwhelming.

[Norton Sharley]

On the Norton Sharley scale of crags (World Class, Of National Standing, or Locals crag) I would say it is of National Standing and therefore wouldn't go there again from Grande Bretagne.    that if the sun is out it's going to be too hot.  tbh I think most of the crags in that area are underwhelming and would drive on by to the Tarn (if heading right) or Chateauvert (if heading left).  Or just go straight to Spain?

Seynes is also a well known hot spot for getting your kit knicked from the car so be careful.

[Paul B]

I turned up at Seynes ready to be underwhelmed but I found myself pleasantly surprised. The quality of the climbing is high (whereas the quality of the bolts [dinosaur] aren't always!).
Ok, so it really is just the one sector thats worth the blast, but to be fair is there any more at chateauvert? I'd argue not.
If its hot, you're screwed. We were there sometime early in Dec and sun was still proving troublesome then. I couldn't do the first move of one route on a crozzle tufa pinch, I tried the same move again just before the sun went down in my trainers and cruised it. 
What I also liked about Seynes was that it was quiet. Most of the spanish crags had tonnes of people and their respective badly trained wolf descendents, plus heaps of human shit.

[meatball]

Thanks for the info folks! Will keeps Seyens in the back of my mind given everything thats been said
thanks again