Spook Main Wall
Spook Main Wall in New Mexico offers 22 climbing routes across 15 grades in bouldering, mixed, and sport styles.
- 22 routes
- 5.7 – 5.13b
- Sport · Mixed · Bouldering
Best time to visit Spook Main Wall
Best months: March–May and September–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
52° / 23°
3 wet
Feb
59° / 28°
3 wet
Mar
67° / 34°
3 wet
Apr
75° / 41°
2 wet
May
83° / 49°
3 wet
Jun
91° / 57°
4 wet
Jul
91° / 63°
8 wet
Aug
89° / 61°
9 wet
Sep
84° / 53°
6 wet
Oct
73° / 41°
4 wet
Nov
61° / 31°
4 wet
Dec
50° / 24°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Socorro, NM, 7.2 mi away at 4,593 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Spook Main Wall is a climbing area in New Mexico on Bureau of Land Management land within the Socorro Field Office. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Wallflower Wall about 0.1 mile away and Spook Outlying Boulders about 0.2 mile off. Hueco Wall is roughly 0.3 mile away, and the North Box Trail is about 0.2 mile away for a walk between climbs. The area has 22 routes, mostly sport climbing with a few mixed routes. Grades run from 5.7 up to 5.13b, with "Ride the Lightning" at 5.13b being the hardest. "Blowback" is the easiest at 5.7, and "Plausible Denial" is a 5.10- sport route. The boulder at Ursa Major is about 0.4 mile away. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Socorro show April highs around 75°F and October highs around 73°F, while July and August average highs near 91°F with more wet days. That station sits about 1,000 feet lower than the wall, so temperatures on the rock run cooler.
Routes (22)
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