Resorts Sandia-Peak

Area Profile

Sandia Peak sits high above Albuquerque and boasts perhaps the nation's easiest ski resort access from a major city. via a spectacular 60-person aerial tram that rises more than 4,000 vertical feet in less than 20 minutes. It is New Mexico's oldest ski area and offers a good time for beginner and intermediate skiers and boarders, with some excellent, long cruisers. Weekends can get crowded and lifts are old, but a weekday powder dump can even entice experts to sample its slopes.

Lodging Profile

No on-site lodging. Albuquerque has more than 12,000 rooms. Cedar Crest is 10 miles away and has B & Bs and a hostel.

Services Profile

The cafeteria serves breakfast and lunch, the outdoor grill just lunch, while a fine restaurant at the summit offers lunch and dinner (for tram riders only) and a full bar. There's also a rental and repair shop, ski and snowboard schools, coin-op race course and an Adoptive Ski Program. First aid on-site. Fifteen percent snowmaking.

Area Recreation Profile

Albuqerque and surrounding area offers a wealth of outdoor pursuits, including biking, hiking, birding, hot air ballooning, fishing, hunting, rock climbing and hang gliding.

Snowboarding Profile

Snowboarding allowed on all trails and terrain park as snow permits. Rentals and lessons available.

Cross Country Profile

Cross country available in adjoining Cibola National Forest.

Summer Profile

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