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Hups Upper at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Easy · 531 m long with 73 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 11° at its steepest, facing NE.

11°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
531 mlength
73 mvertical
2828 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Hups Upper is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Hups Upper

Lifts that reach the top: Chairlift #3 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (skiing easy 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 23 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 Hups Upper (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Cibola Ridge Road, Hups Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #3 (3 min), Chairlift #4 (3 min).

See Hups Upper 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.