Return Trip to Sandia Peak Tram

On our first pass through Albuquerque, last November, we made three attempts to ride the Sandia Peak Tram. Our first try, a Tuesday, was maintenance day. Wednesday, our next try, was too windy and they shut the tram down. Being the resourceful people we are, we decided to call for our third try, Thursday. Yes, indeed they are running, "and its prime rib night at the High Finance Restaurant", was the response we got from the customer service person! We're there!

However, it gets dark early in November. We ended up riding the tram in darkness. The view of the city lights was spectacular and we experienced a wonderful dinner at 10,500ft. We really wanted to experience the tram during daylight hours.

Fast forward to now. We made our way up Tramway road for our daylight ride on the tram. Guess what? Closed till 5pm for maintenance! We were assured the tram would be running on Wednesday. We also double checked the weather to make sure nothing would stop us :)

We finally got our daylight run on the tram. It was a beautiful clear day and you could see for hundreds of miles in every direction! The picture above is the tram coming up to meet us for the ride back down. Albuquerque is in the background below. We had a nice lunch at High Finance and explored the top of the ski hill on the eastern side of the mountain.

There were plenty of blue and green runs on the Sandia ski area. Perfect for beginner skiers such as ourselves. It's only 500 or so miles from Denver to Albuquerque so the occasional weekend trip here would be a definite possibility....

Although, I hear Colorado some has some good, quality skiing too!!!!!

-Rich-