Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway T-Shirt

SANDIA PEAK TRAMWAY - The scenery steals the show on the Sandia Peak Tramway. The Tram, as it is affectionately known, has taken more than 9 million passengers to the top of Sandia Peak and back again, and celebrates its 43rd anniversary in May.  Located on the eastern edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, the Tram is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Central New Mexico. Although the Tram, the world’s longest passenger aerial tramway, is an engineering marvel, visitors come mainly for the spectacular view - 11,000 square miles of the Land of Enchantment.  Passengers ascend 4,000 feet in about 15 minutes, gliding along the western face of the rugged Sandia Mountains.  The granite rock faces, eroded into spires, cliffs and pinnacles, the aspens, hardy pines, scrub oak, fir and spruce, are home to many different birds and other animals.  Tram riders may see an eagle or a mule deer or perhaps a black bear as they look out the windows of the cable car into the deep canyons. With a total diagonal length of 2.7 miles, Sandia Peak Tram is the longest  aerial tram of its type in the World.