(L5) Good Craic Wall
14-route climbing area in New Mexico with 10 difficulty grades, mixed, sport, and trad styles.
- 14 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11-
- Sport · Trad · Mixed
Best time to visit (L5) Good Craic Wall
Best months: May–June and August–October. 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.
Jan
42° / 12°
3 wet
Feb
46° / 19°
3 wet
Mar
55° / 25°
4 wet
Apr
63° / 31°
4 wet
May
73° / 37°
5 wet
Jun
84° / 47°
5 wet
Jul
87° / 53°
8 wet
Aug
84° / 51°
10 wet
Sep
78° / 45°
6 wet
Oct
67° / 32°
5 wet
Nov
53° / 22°
4 wet
Dec
42° / 14°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Taos, NM, 8 mi away at 6,965 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Good Craic Wall is a climbing area in New Mexico on Bureau of Land Management land within the Taos Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with White Riot Wall Upper Tier, Dammit Samet Wall and Mud Palace Wall all about 0.1 mile away. The area has 14 routes, with sport and trad styles making up the bulk of them. The YDS grades run from 5.7 to 5.11-, with the median at 5.10a. Shamrock is a 5.7 trad route, and The Italian Job is a 5.11- sport route. Mixed climbing is also an option, as in Jumpstart My Karma at 5.9. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Taos show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 78°F, while July and August bring the most wet days. The West Rim Trail and Power Line Trail are both within about a mile and a half, and the Rio Grande offers river fishing about 2 miles away.
Routes (14)
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