Sandia Peak Tramway: Difference between revisions

Sandia Peak Tramway has the longest single section. The [[Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen]] has two sections of some 3.7 mmi (6 km) in the aggregate. The Sandia Peak Tram had the third longest [[List of spans|span]] prior to the [[Peak 2 Peak Gondola]] (1.88 mmi) and the [[3S Aerial Tramway#Kitzbühel 3S Aerial Tramway|Kitzbühel 3S Aerial Tramway]] (1.56 mmi). There is also the [[Norsjö aerial tramway]] (8.2 mmi / 13,2 km), a section of a former [[ropeway conveyor]] converted to passenger transport. The tramway ascends the steep western side of the highest portion of the Sandia Mountains, passing close to dramatic [[cliff]]s and [[pinnacle]]s, from a base elevation of {{Convert|6559|ft|m|0}} to a top elevation of {{Convert|10378|ft|m|0}}. A trip up the mountain takes fifteen minutes to ascend {{Convert|3819|ft|m|0|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on}}, and the normal operating speed of the tram is {{convert|12|mph}} . Approximately four "flights" leave every hour from the base and top departure stations. The view from the tram includes all of Albuquerque and roughly 11,000 square miles (28,000 square kilometers) of the New Mexico countryside.