New Mexico · Rock climbing · Carson

Wayne Manor

Wayne Manor in New Mexico has 14 climbing routes across 9 grades in mixed, sport, and trad styles.

14 routes
5.10 – 5.12b/c
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Best time to visit Wayne Manor

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.

  1. Jan

    42° / 12°

    3 wet

  2. Feb

    46° / 19°

    3 wet

  3. Mar

    55° / 25°

    4 wet

  4. Apr

    63° / 31°

    4 wet

  5. May

    73° / 37°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    84° / 47°

    5 wet

  7. Jul

    87° / 53°

    8 wet

  8. Aug

    84° / 51°

    10 wet

  9. Sep

    78° / 45°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    67° / 32°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 22°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    42° / 14°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Taos, NM, 9.2 mi away at 6,965 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Wayne Manor is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Taos Field Office of New Mexico, about 9 miles from the town of Taos. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Gold Rush Wall, Bat Cave and Afterburner Face all within about a tenth of a mile. The area has 14 routes, with sport and trad styles each making up about half the total. The YDS grades run from 5.10 to 5.12, with the median around 5.11b/c. Black Bird Crack is a trad 5.10, and Mariposa is a trad 5.12-. For a change from the rock, the Vista Verde Trail starts about 0.2 miles away, and the West Rim Trail is about 0.7 miles off. The Rio Grande, roughly 3.8 miles away, offers river fishing.