Mottets

*Stone & Topo:* Granite. Mostly solid, some parts really brittle, interesting shapes & structures: Sometimes grey slab with bigger gravel, sometimes colorful (best visible with sunlight) with few & little grains, sometimes tiny dark crystals, sometimes lots of friction, sometimes very smooth and appearing like sanded (by a glacier?). As the crag is located at valley's bottom, a helmet makes sense despite of the fences protecting from earth, leafs and debris falling down. Topo available on an information board at the crag and as a sheet of paper in the tourist information, but not any more accurately matching bolts + lower offs.
*Security:* For a sport climbing crag in France, average bolt density. Cliff is max 40m high with intermediate belay stations, so 12 quickdraws and a 50m rope are fine, no nuts, friends etc. required. Lower offs are 2 bolts connected with a chain. Toprope possible for few routes - going down the approach, on the right you'll notice some horizontal steel cable and stables like used for a via ferrata. Some holds have been cut into the rock.
*Comfort:* Standing area of comfortable size, on left wall ~1 m and right wall ~2 m wide, mostly even ground that is levelled or has a gentle incline. The crag is next to the river and street; the vast majority of vehicles produce a continuos sound and stay mostly unnoticed behind the loud river's rushing, but the sportive drivers using high engine speed make communication difficult – so you may want to avoid first/last sunny weekend days of the year. 6/2022 weak mobile coverage. Large pick-nick table between parking and cliff.
*Temperatures:* In summer sunshine, some parts of the rock are quite hot to touch for a longer time. Mid June, at 17:00 the first rope length of right wall becomes shady, 17:45 first two rope lengths, 18:00 all. Many flies that do not bite but fly nearby the face. In winter time, probably (**TODO: confirm with approximate dates or reject**) always shady.