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Beginner Trail I at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Novice · 433 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.

18°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
433 mlength
83 mvertical
2731 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Beginner Trail I is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Beginner Trail I

Lifts that reach the top: Chairlift #4 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Chairlift #3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chairlift #2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 45 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway
  2. Ski Upper Upper Ramp (easy)
  3. Ski Upper Ramp (easy)
  4. Ski Fred's Run Upper (easy)
  5. Ski Fred's Run Lower (easy)
  6. Ski Cibola Lower (easy)
  7. Ski Hups Lower (easy)
  8. Ride Chairlift #4
  9. Ski Bambino (novice)
  10. Ski Beginner Trail I (novice)

Where it ends

Joins Lift 4 On Ramp, Ski Area Base. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #4 (1 min), Chairlift #3 (1 min).

See Beginner Trail I on the 3D mapAll runs at Sandia Peak Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.