New Mexico · Rock climbing · Gallup

(05) Health Wall

15-route climbing crag in New Mexico with mixed, sport, and trad styles.

15 routes
5.7 – 5.12-
Sport · Mixed · Trad

Best time to visit (05) Health Wall

Best months: May and September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    45° / 14°

    6 wet

  2. Feb

    50° / 19°

    6 wet

  3. Mar

    59° / 23°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    66° / 28°

    4 wet

  5. May

    75° / 36°

    4 wet

  6. Jun

    86° / 45°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    89° / 54°

    9 wet

  8. Aug

    86° / 53°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    80° / 44°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 31°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    56° / 20°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    45° / 14°

    6 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Gallup Muni Ap, NM, 4.5 mi away at 6,471 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Health Wall is a climbing area in western New Mexico, about 1.5 miles from the community of Mentmore. The wall sits among several other climbing areas in the same cluster, including Benny Silva Wall, Slab Wall and Jabba the Hutt Wall, each about 0.1 mile away. The routes here run from sport and mixed to trad climbing, with the most common grade range from about 5.7 to 5.12. The median route grade is 5.10c, and the hardest listed route is Noisy Cricket at 5.12, a sport climb first ascended by Rob Edwards in 1999. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Gallup run from highs around 66°F in April to 68°F in October, with summer highs climbing to the upper 80s. That station sits at nearly the same elevation as the wall. The High Desert Trail System offers hiking within a short drive. The Mentmore entrance to the High Desert Trail System is about 1.4 miles away, and the Western loop of the High Desert Trail System is about 1.6 miles away.

Routes (15)