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Foster Murphy Lower at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Intermediate · 405 m long with 78 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 14° at its steepest, facing NE.

14°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
405 mlength
78 mvertical
2788 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Foster Murphy Lower is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Foster Murphy Lower

Lifts that reach the top: 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 22 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway
  2. Ski Exhibition (intermediate)
  3. Ski Aspen (intermediate)
  4. Ski Foster Murphy Upper (intermediate)
  5. Ski Foster Murphy Lower (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Cibola Lower, Little Suicide. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #3 (1 min), Chairlift #4 (1 min).

See Foster Murphy Lower 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.