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	Sandia Mountains
		The Sandia Mountains are on the east edge of the Rio Grande Rift Zone.
		The western slope, extending east of the crest ridge at the north and south ends of the Sandia Mountains was designated as a wilderness area in 1978.
		The Shield, a mountain climbers playground, is near the northern part of the mountain.
	www.cybergata.com /sandia.htm (524 words)

	New Mexico Magazine \| Sandia Pueblo
		Sandia Pueblo's boundaries span 22,877 acres and stretch from the foothills of the Sandía Mountains and extend west to the banks of the Río Grande, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Albuquerque.
		The people of Sandia did not return until the mid-1700s, and their old village is evident in ruins near the church.
		Sandia Pueblo is on the northern outskirts of Albuquerque off Exit 235 from I-25 or Tramway Boulevard.
	www.nmmagazine.com /NMGUIDE/sandia.html (211 words)

	Sandia_Peak_Tramway_Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Sandia Mountains are a great block of granite and limestone which was uplifted during the formation of the Rio Grande Rift.
		The rise of this immense fragment of the earth's crust is somewhat analogous to opening a trap door; the open door is marked by the gently sloping eastern side of the Sandias, whereas the hinge is found in the intensely crumpled rocks of the Cedar Crest area.
		The view from Sandia Crest is awe inspiring, and at nearly 10,000 it is one of the highest points in the Sandias.
	www.texashiker.com /Sandia_Peak_Tramway_Trail.htm (1305 words)

	Sandia Crest Byway - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sandia Crest Byway is the highest scenic drive in the southwest, following NM 536 for nearly 14 miles up to Sandia Crest, which stands a mile above the surrounding countryside and two miles above sea level.
		Sandia Peak Ski and Tramway are on the last leg of the route.
		In the summer, mountain biking is a must; the mountain trails cover 24 miles of variation for both novices and pros.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2086/overview.html (469 words)

	Sandia Man Caves- New Mexico
		The new discoveries consist of distinctive weapons found in a cave in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico.
		Sandia Man hunted elephants and saber-tooth tigers in the Sandia Mountain area.
		The caves are a picturesque 25 minute drive from Albuquerque, NM in the Sandia mountains.
	www.geocities.com /sandiaman2002/Sandia_Man_Caves.html (354 words)

	East Mountain The area called East Mountain is located on the east side of the 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cedar Crest, Sandia Park, and Sandia Knolls are small communities on the east side of the Sandia Mountains.
		Sandia Mountain looms nearby, and other features include the Jemez range, the Rio Grande, juniper and pinon-covered hillsides and always, the sky.
		Sandia Heights is located on the west face of the Sandia Mountains in the Foothills, the very far NE corner of Albuquerque.
	www.vaughancompany.com /Surrounding.htm (1303 words)

	Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide
		I give trail descriptions and advice on about 40 separate day hikes in the Sandia Mountains, covering more than 50 separate trails, and 250 miles.
		New link to the Friends of the Sandia Mountains, an organization dedicated to education, preserving, and protecting the mountains.
		Kilimanjaro (This isn't related to the Sandia Mountains, but it was a fun trip.)
	www.sandiahiking.com (106 words)

	Cibola National Forest - Welcome!
		Sandia Mountain is a landmark in the spiritual universe of many active traditional Indian beliefs.
		The lesser-known southern part of the District includes the Manzanita Mountains, which form a low ridge between the Manzano Mountains to the south and the Sandias to the north.
		The Sandias and Manzanitas are primary raptor and geotropically avian flyways.
	www.fs.fed.us /r3/cibola/districts/sandia.shtml (1026 words)

	Sandias in the viewfinder
		To people who live in Albuquerque, the Sandia Mountains are often beautiful, covered by shades of pink and rose and magenta at sunrise.
		While Mike Smith collects history on Sandia Mountain communities, the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society presents results of its four-year study on the role of Jewish pioneers in New Mexico.
		The mountains have not changed - at least not enough to be seen in photographs - with the passing of time.
	www.abqtrib.com /news/2006/mar/01/sandias-in-the-viewfinder/?printer=1 (947 words)

	Sandia Pueblo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandia Pueblo (IPA: [ˌsænˈdiə]) is a tribe of Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a 101.114 km² (39.04 sq mi) reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Valley of central New Mexico, located three miles south of Bernalillo off Highway 85 in southern Sandoval County and northern Bernalillo County.
		It is bounded by the city of Albuquerque to the south and by the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, a landform the people hold sacred and which was central to the traditional economy and remains important in the spiritual life of the community, to the east.
		In a 1932 expedition in Sandia Cave, a cave in the Sandia Mountains, archeologist Frank C. Hibben found spearpoints and the bones of camels, mastadons, and prehistoric horses dating from 14,000-20,000 years ago (16,000-14,000 BCE) (not the 250,000 years ago contended by the authors of the controversial Forbidden Archaeology).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandia_Pueblo (1982 words)

	Hiking Sandia Peak - ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine
		To the east, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains I'd hiked earlier in the week filled the far horizon, while winter ski runs and thick forest cascaded down the backside of the Sandias below me. Cabezon, the stump of an eroded volcano, stood out among other volcanic necks and plugs in the north.
		The Sandia Mountains are composed of ancient granite 1.4 billion years old.
		Mountain bikers love the 26 miles of trails through the mountains, particularly the Uphill Black trail, which is the most difficult, with the Downhill Blue intermediate trail coming in a close second.
	www.roadandtravel.com /adventuretravel/2005/sandiahiking2.htm (408 words)

	Search and rescue group uses Sandia synthetic aperture radar
		The Sandia Mountain effort started with a conversation between Dale Dubbert of Sandia's SAR Sensor Technologies Department, a former rescue council volunteer, and Sandia researcher Steve Attaway, a long-time group member.
		Attaway then went to the Sandia tram (aerial lift that takes people from the base of the Sandia Mountains to the peak), located on the west side of the mountains where the rescuers were gathering, and took the tram up to the peak.
		Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-08/dnl-sar081004.php (1232 words)

	Panoramic Pictures Sandia Mountains Rio Grande Albuquerque New Mexico
		A dusting of snow on the Sandia Mountains on November 30, 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
		A picture of the Sandia Mountains near the entrance to the Elena Gallegos Picnic Ground.
		A view from a rooftop in a typical Albuquerque neighborhood with the Sandia Mountains in the background.
	www.unit16.net /panoramas.htm (1163 words)

	Tramway
		At sunset the desert skies produce a spectacular array of color, and your vantage point from the observation deck atop 10,378 foot Sandia Peak in the Cibola National Forest affords an 11,000 square-mile panoramic view of the Rio Grande Valley and the Land of Enchantment.
		At sunset the desert skies produce a spectacular array of color form the observation deck atop 10,378 foot Sandia Peak in the Cibola National Forest an 11,000 square-mile panoramic view of the “Land of Enchantment”.
		The Annual Sandia Peak Ski Patrol Ski Swap will be held at the Manuel Lujan Building at Expo NM on November 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2007 www.sandiapeakskipatrol.org or www.skiswapsnowshow.com
	www.sandiapeak.com (393 words)

	Search and rescue group uses Sandia synthetic aperture radar
		The Sandia Mountain effort started with a conversation between Dale Dubbert of Sandia’s SAR Sensor Technologies Department, a former rescue council volunteer, and Sandia researcher Steve Attaway, a long-time group member.
		Attaway then went to the Sandia tram (aerial lift that takes people from the base of the Sandia Mountains to the peak), located on the west side of the mountains where the rescuers were gathering, and took the tram up to the peak.
		Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
	www.sandia.gov /news-center/news-releases/2004/elect-semi-sensors/rescue.html (1237 words)

	Sandia Mountains. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Sandia Mountains (san-DEE-uh), Bernalillo and Sandoval cos., N central N.Mex., E of the Rio Grande, immediately NE of Albuquerque, largely within part of Cibola Natl.
		Highest point in range is Sandia Crest (10,678 ft/3,255 m).
		Sandia Crest Recreation Area; Sandia Peak Ski Area; South Sandia Peak is highest point in S part of the mt. range (9,702 ft/2,957 m).
	www.bartleby.com /69/68/S04668.html (101 words)

	Sandia Pueblo Pottery Collection
		The Pueblo of Sandia is situated at the foothills on the northern slope of the Sandia mountains and extends into the bank of the Rio Grande, just 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of modern-day Albuquerque.
		Sandia Pueblo, 14 miles north of Albuquerque on the east side of the Rio Grande, and Isleta Pueblo, 14 miles south of Albuquerque on the west side of the river, are both Tiwa-speaking pueblos.
		Sandia Pueblo lands comprise 22,884 acres, (93 km2) and the village itself seems to have been occupied continuously since about 1300.
	www.clayhound.us /sites/sandia.htm (395 words)

	Hiking the Sandia Mountains: Preparation
		You should not consider any water sources in the Sandia Mountains to be drinkable without appropriate chemical treatment or filtration.
		Temperatures at the top of the mountain when the sun is waning, might be 20 degrees cooler than when you started on a hike.
		It is entitled "Sandia Mountain Wilderness." It is printed on water-resistant paper, and is very rugged.
	www.sandiahiking.com /hikingguide/HikingPrep.html (1688 words)

	Sandia Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sandias are part of a single larger geologic unit, the Sandia-Manzano Mountains.
		The other part consists of the Manzano Mountains which lie to the south of the Sandias.
		Lying to the east and northeast of the Sandias are two smaller ranges, the Ortiz Mountains and the San Pedro Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandia_Mountains (1034 words)

	ABQjournal: Guide to Sandias Is Labor of Love
		The first comprehensive field guide to the Sandia Mountains, co-authored by several local residents who are members of Friends of the Sandia Mountains, is off the press and available to the public.
		Members of Friends of the Sandia Mountains are giving free talks to an array of environmental and wildlife enthusiast groups, where they are also selling the guides like hotcakes.
		Friends of the Sandia Mountains was also able to foot the bill to provide guides to every APS fifth-grade elementary school class.
	www.emtelegraph.com /338922mtnview04-14-05.htm (730 words)

	Hiking: Try These Great Hikes in the Sandia Mountains - ALTREC.COM
		The Sandia Mountains tower 5,000 feet over the flood plains of the Rio Grande, their 20-odd miles of west-facing granite cliffs glowing pink in New Mexico's dusty sunsets.
		How the Spanish word sandia, which means "watermelon," came to be applied to the mountains is the subject of much debate.
		The Sandias are subject to sudden violent thunderstorms, especially in afternoons from June to August, New Mexico's rainy season.
	www.altrec.com /published/camp/southwest/trythesegreathikesinthesandiamountains (2785 words)

	Sandia Heights In Albuquerque New Mexico presented by Rey Fulwiler
		Sandia Heights sits at the base of the towering Sandia Mountains which rises 4,000 feet above the neighborhood to a height of 10,678 feet.
		Sandia Heights is a Subdivision adjacent to the city of Albuquerque but with a semi-rural feel.
		Sitting at the foot of the Sandia Mountains avails the opportunity for homeowners to walk to trail heads with access to the entire trail system in the Sandia Mountains, which is extensive.
	www.reyfulwiler.com /SandiaHeights (340 words)

	Sandia Mountains - mountain vacation - New Mexico landscape
		Explore the Sandia Mountains for a one-of-a-kind mountain vacation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
		You can hike in the foothills among prickly-pear, cholla cactus and fragrant desert sage, or trek to the top of the mountain where pine and fir trees line the ridges and valleys.
		Sandia means "watermelon" in Spanish and when you see the setting sun splash pink light over the rocky 10,600-foot peaks of the Sandia Mountains, you'll know exactly how they earned the name.
	www.itsatrip.org /albuquerque/scenic-beauty (253 words)

	Celebrating Wildflowers - Southwestern Region Event - Sandia Mountains Summer Wildflower Hikes
		Elkweed (Frasera speciosa) is found in mountain meadows.
		Cliff fendlerbush (Fendlera rupicola) is a large shrub found in the Sandias at mostly mid-elevations (7,000-8,500 feet).
		Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains by Robert Julyan and Mary Steuver, editors, 2005.
	www.fs.fed.us /wildflowers/regions/southwestern/events/sandiaMountainsHikes.shtml (369 words)

	Mountain Biking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		We offer complete mountain bike rentals and the perfect outdoor setting for family reunions, club gatherings and company picnics.
		The Sandia Peak Mountain Bike Challenge Series starts Memorial Weekend and runs throughout the season.
		Sandia Peak has a full service bike shop offering a fleet of 40 rental bikes.
	www.sandiapeak.com /biking.html (187 words)

	Diane Schaefer's CU
		There is another name for the Sandia Mountains that we are not so familiar with: Oku Pin, or Turtle Mountain, named by the Indians for their humpbacked, tortoise-shell shape against the horizon when viewed east from the pueblos along the northern portion of the Rio Grande (Matthews 1; Morris 14).
		The eastern side of the mountain slopes gently to the plains (fifteen degree angle) and the steep, rugged, weathered and eroded western side drops off abruptly to the Rio Grande Rift (Morris 8; Chronic 169).
		The geology of the Sandia Mountains and their interesting fault action will be depicted in a student-generated clay model explained in the implementation section of this curriculum unit.
	www.unm.edu /~abqteach/geology/02-03-08.htm (5954 words)

	South Sandia
		The piñon die-off is comparably less extreme in the eastern portion of the Southern Sandia IBA than it is in close-by areas of the Sandia and Manzanita Mountains.
		Because it is largely unexplored, the condition and bird life of this habitat, within the Southern Sandia IBA is relatively unknown.
		The Southern Sandia IBA is important to the birds of New Mexico because of its exceptional uniqueness to the surroundings.
	www.audubon.org /chapter/nm/nm/rdac/iba/ibawriteups/southsandia.html (719 words)

	Albuquerque Cam: What you see at ABQCAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Despite the fact that these mountains tower above the very nearby sprawl of Albuquerque and despite the fact that the trails of this Wilderness may be more heavily used than any other trail system in the state, Sandia Mountain Wilderness still provides an opportunity to get out of town.
		The area lies primarily on the western slope of the Sandia Mountains, but it crosses over to the eastern side at the north and south ends.
		Accessible from the tram is the Crest Trail, which runs along 22 miles of the main ridge of the Sandias at an elevation averaging 10,000 feet.
	www.abqcam.com /picture.htm (609 words)

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