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Inhibition Canyon at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Intermediate · 156 m long with 25 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 13° at its steepest, facing E.

13°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
156 mlength
25 mvertical
2867 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Inhibition Canyon is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Inhibition Canyon

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, intermediate 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 Fred's Cutoff (easy)
  7. Ski Inhibition Canyon (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Fred's Run Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #3 (4 min), Chairlift #4 (4 min).

See Inhibition Canyon 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.