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Ski Area Base at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Novice · 176 m long with 5 m of vertical, averaging 2° and 3° at its steepest, facing SE.

3°steepest 50 m
2°average pitch
176 mlength
5 mvertical
2651 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Ski Area Base is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Ski Area Base

Lifts that reach the top: Mitey Mite #5 (skiing novice terrain to get there); 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 47 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 Ski Area Base (novice)

Where it ends

Joins Over-Easy, Lower Slalom, Lift 3 On Ramp, Hups Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #3 (1 min), Chairlift #4 (1 min).

See Ski Area Base 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.