Winter Wall
Winter Wall in New Mexico has 22 climbing routes ranging from 11 difficulty grades.
- 22 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Winter Wall
Best months: April–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
44° / 20°
4 wet
Feb
50° / 23°
4 wet
Mar
59° / 28°
5 wet
Apr
66° / 34°
4 wet
May
76° / 43°
4 wet
Jun
87° / 52°
5 wet
Jul
88° / 58°
10 wet
Aug
86° / 56°
10 wet
Sep
80° / 49°
7 wet
Oct
68° / 38°
5 wet
Nov
54° / 27°
4 wet
Dec
44° / 20°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Santa Fe Co Muni Ap, NM, 13.3 mi away at 6,344 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Winter 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 Sun Devil Wall, Solar Cave and the Twin Towers Sector all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is a mix of sport and trad routes, with 15 sport routes and 7 trad routes among the 22 listed. The YDS grades run from 5.7 up to 5.11+, with a median of 5.10a. Original Face Route is a 5.7 sport route, and Basalt Therapy is a 5.10a trad route. Pale Face, a 5.11+ sport route, is one of the harder options. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Santa Fe show May highs around 76°F and September highs around 80°F, while July and August bring highs near 88°F and about 10 wet days a month.
Routes (22)
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