Thursday, August 26, 2021

Sandia Peak Tramway

 Today Trish and I had a great adventure.  We took the Sandia Peak Tramway to the top of 10,300 foot Sandia Peak high above Albuquerque.

Our tram car.  We had about two dozen people on board.

The tram was built in Lucern, Switzerland, and is the longest tramway in the United States.  We traveled more than a vertical mile  in fifteen minutes with spectacular views out over all of Albuquerque and far beyond.

All of Albuquerque spreads out below.

Once at the top, we could also see off the east side as we were right on the crest of a long ridge.  We looked and looked and then had our lunch in the restaurant at the top.


It was 65 degrees at the top, but, as we came back down the temperature rose to 95.  We had a great time doing this.



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