Hiking the Sandia Crest

My first Saturday here, my roommate (Joe) invited me out hiking with him and his friend Jack (also from Sandia). We started at the local maxima peak, hiked to the Kiwanis Cabin and the High Finance restaurant, and then back to the car.

From the Highway

Mountain Ridge

Built out of the cliff!

Beginning of the long drive

Tiered Rocks

Butte

View from the top

Joe & Vista

Joe & Jack

Relay Towers

The Dry Dam

Can you find the golf course?

Other side of the mountain

Kirtland Airforce Base (& Sandia)

Rio Grande

Civillian Airport

The Casino & Bufallo Range

Cloud & Shadow

Joe

Down that Edge

Path & Distant Ridge

Jack

Lovely Peaks

Jack

Just a little push...

It was *thiiis* big!

Losing Balance!

Down that edge...

Skiing!

Leaning Outlook

Back where we came

Off the cliffside

Narrow Staircase

Orange Lichen

Into the Woods

Overcome with tree-moss

The Distant Restaurant & Ridge

Registration Book Stolen

Tram Lines

More Tiered Cliffs

Motley Crew

Even Motlier

View from Kiwanis Cabin

The Tram

Big Sky Over Tram

Picture-taking Shadow

Long Way Down

A Really Long Way Down

Writing Desk Rocks

Grand Vision

What a View!

Highest Point on the Cabin

Trees near Cabin

Dramatic Outcropping

Me on Dramatic Outcropping

Climbing Down

Sliding Down

Jack Falling Off

Sitting on Ledge

Dramatic Backdrop

Joe Dangles

Climbing Back Up

What a view

Can't Catch Your Breath

Me Dangling

Catching Breath

More View

Windswept Vista

Looking Down

That's the Kiwanis Cabin (fingers for glare)

The Kiwanis Cabin

Vertical Layers of Rock in Path

Is that the path?

Great View

Weird Rocks

Practically a Postcard

Tram

Dead Tree

More Weird Rocks (foot for scale)

Tram Path

Mongo Grill

Explorers!

Nice Porch

Tram Wires

Tram Station

Teriffic View

Restaurant Building

More View

Ski Lift

More Mountains

Rock-splitting Tree

Hiking the Sandia Crest