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I may be climbing over spring break and wanted to stop at Seneca. Is there a guide book, is it needed? After perusing the internet, it seems that there are a lot of routes.

Thanks.

I would definately get a guidebook. it helps a lot with determining where the rap stations are, and a lot of the routes there quickly become real hard if you get off course.

Let me know how you like it! I'm going in April.

do get a guidebook,if you get off route it can turn into a epic. once youve used the guidebook for one day finding your way around will be a breeze. you can climb under 5.8 for a week and still have plenty to do in that range. a good intro to seneca would be candycorner. 1 pitch 5.5 and a must do is extacy(spelling) a 3 pitch 5.7 hanging beleys and great exposure. beware seneca is known for sandbag ratings. gunsight notch is the best 5.3 ive been on. its only about 200ft but feels lihe you are 7-800ft off the ground. have fun its a great place.

is gunsight notch the 5.3 at seneca that has "the best 5.3 move"? i've never been there, i've just heard about this one particular route.

Seneca sucks nobody go there, please!

nah the place is really cool and affords a lot of different routes for different people, there are tons of good routes and like littlefeller said after your first day it's a lot easier finding your way around, also watch out for loose rock. While your in the area check out nelson rocks.

HF gunsight notch is the best 5.3 moves i've ever done, i'm surprised you've never been to seneca, there is some good lines

no, no, no. from what i've heard, the route i'm talking about isn't necessarily the best 5.3 at Seneca, but it has the best single 5.3 move.

i think gunsight direct is like 5.4 or 5.5 and has a really exposed 5.3ish move that was cool and green wall had some easy moves with cool exposure

probably the best part about seneca is the exposure you get on some super chill moves

bring a warm sleeping bag if you are planning on camping. I normally take a trip there the first weekend in April and always freeze my ass off at night.

It may have been Gunsight where I saw a pretty creepy sequence. The leader is hidden at the belay, the second calls 'climbing' (she's pretty slight in build) As she starts into a rather balancy (sp?) traverse , he takes in rope so quick that she has to run the first 15 feet! across a bunch of crumbly nothing. Pretty cool! I'm sure all that wind didn't help. When she caught up, she sat down and muttered something universal. I was glad I wasn't on that 5.3