The Sandia Peak Tram is located at the eastern edge of Albuquerque, NM. During a recent family road trip, we stopped there for our second visit. Weather was great, and we boarded for the upward trip just after 9:00am local time. Posting 8 images. Comments welcome and I hope you enjoy.
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#2 Some of the local flora
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#3 The 2 tram cars pass each other at about the mid point of the ride.
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#4 The air is a bit thin at this altitude.
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#5 Some great views from the summit in spite of some haze.
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#6 Part of the apparatus that drives the tram cars
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#7 On the mountain side opposite the tram is a ski area.
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#8 Returning to the starting point.
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Nice. Thanks for sharing. A side note, right now the tram is the only way up to the crest. They have had to
close the forest temporarily because of the drought and threat of wildfires.
patrick43 wrote:
Nice. Thanks for sharing. A side note, right now the tram is the only way up to the crest. They have had to
close the forest temporarily because of the drought and threat of wildfires.
Thank you very much for taking a look and for the info.
Its a great place to ski also.nice shots.
the hiker wrote:
Its a great place to ski also.nice shots.
Thank you for taking a look and for the info. If I were a skier, I would probably check it out.
I took that ride YEARS ago in February.Excellent trip.
Looked like something out of Dr. Zhivago with all the wind-blown snow.
Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
I enjoyed viewing you images!!
Someday, I may ride.
Pat
Sylvias
Loc: North Yorkshire England
Very enjoyable series Tom and lovely views.
tbell7D wrote:
The Sandia Peak Tram is located at the eastern edge of Albuquerque, NM. During a recent family road trip, we stopped there for our second visit. Weather was great, and we boarded for the upward trip just after 9:00am local time. Posting 8 images. Comments welcome and I hope you enjoy.
I enjoyed the tram ride and the beautiful views, tom...good job on the shots!
Longshadow wrote:
I took that ride YEARS ago in February.Excellent trip.
Looked like something out of Dr. Zhivago with all the wind-blown snow.
Thank you very much for taking a look and for your comments. I appreciate it.
Jay Pat wrote:
I enjoyed viewing you images!!
Someday, I may ride.
Pat
Thank you Pat for looking in and commenting. I appreciate it.
Sylvias wrote:
Very enjoyable series Tom and lovely views.
Thank you very much Sylvia for looking in and commenting. I appreciate it.
merrytexan wrote:
I enjoyed the tram ride and the beautiful views, tom...good job on the shots!
Thank you very much MT for taking a look and for your comments. I appreciate it.
I've taken pictures there at Sandia and I have one that is almost exactly like #7.
These are very nice pictures. I will have to get up there again and take more pictures.
I don't remember if you mentioned this, but if not, just thought I would say, the top of the mountain there is 10,500 feet above sea level, and looking the other way is the city of Albuquerque.
Thanks for sharing these.
Right after posting, I look again, and see the sign that says, 10,378 feet. Anyway, it is a long ways up there, but a very enjoyable trip.
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