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Sandia Peak Ski Area, originally La Madera Ski Area, [2] is a ski resort located in the Sandia Mountains in northeast Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, immediately northeast of the city of Albuquerque. It is part of a Special Use Permit Zone in the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest.
Feb. 12—Sandia Peak Ski Area opened Saturday under a new operator for the first time since the 2020-2021 ski season. Sandia had been closed for the 2021-22 season and in September 2022 canceled ...
Sandia Peak Ski Area is up and running after a significant hiatus. It is the first time the ski area has been open since 2022. Lift 3 will provide access to top-to-bottom skiing beginning at 9 a.m ...
The Sandia Peak Ski Company was founded by Ben Abruzzo (a balloonist) and Robert Nordhaus [3] (the father [4] of William Nordhaus, a Nobel Prize–winning economist). Nordhaus was inspired to build a tram to the ski slope after seeing other trams during a ski trip to Switzerland. [5] [6] Bell Engineering, of Lucerne, Switzerland, built the ...
Comparison table of North American ski resorts Resort name and website Nearest city ... Sandia Peak: Albuquerque: New Mexico: 10,378 8,678 1,700 200 39 5 100 $55
Dec. 16—The Sandia Tram shuttles visitors high in the air, where they can watch Albuquerque's glistening lights or see cactuses and wildflowers grow small on the mountainside below as they ascend.
The number of snow ski areas and resorts in the United States peaked in the late 1960s at around 1000 areas. [1] Since then many small, rope-tow only areas have closed or consolidated. [2] The following listing accounts for US ski areas that are currently operational. It is restricted to ski lift-served alpine skiing areas, both public and private.
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