Wokondedwa wa Albuquerque ku East
Mapiri a Sandia ali kumbali ya kum'mawa kwa Albuquerque, osati malo ochititsa chidwi komanso malo oti athandize kuphiri lonse, koma kampasi. Aliyense amene amakhala ku Albuquerque amadziwa kuti ngati mukuyang'ana mapiri, mukuyang'ana kummawa.
Mapiri a Sandia ali ndi kukongola kodabwitsa. Liwu lakuti Sandia limatanthauza mavwende m'Chisipanishi, ndipo dzuŵa likamawonekera kumadzulo kwa mapiri dzuwa litalowa, pinki ya pinki mapiri amachoka ndikukayikira chifukwa chake mavwende anali mawu osankhidwa kuti afotokoze mtunduwu.
Zonse Zokhudza Mapiri a Sandia
Mapiri akukwera mamita 10,678 pamalo okwezeka kwambiri ku Sandia Crest, yomwe ndi malo otchuka okaona malo. Sandia Tramway imachokera m'mapiri a pamwamba pa phirilo kumadzulo kwa mapiri okwera makilomita 2.6 kupita pamwamba pa phirilo. Malingalirowa ndi okongola kwambiri, omwe amawonekera pa malo oposa 11,000 a malo okongola a New Mexico. Pamwamba pa malo odyera, pali malo odyera, malo osungirako malonda omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chomasulira, ndi njira yopita kumalo, yomwe imakonda otchuka. M'nyengo yozizira, dera la Skiia Peak Ski limatseguka kuti lithe kusambira, ndipo lingapezeke kudzera pa tramu kapena galimoto kumbali yakumpoto ya phirilo.
Sandias amakhala kumbali yakum'mawa kwa chigwa cha Rio Grande Rift , atakhazikitsidwa zaka khumi zapitazo. Zimakhala ndi granite yomwe imatchedwa Granite, yomwe imadulidwa ndi miyala yamchere ndi mchenga. Granite ya Sandia imatulutsa phokoso la potassium feldspar mkati mwa granite.
Sandias amayenda kumpoto mpaka kummwera kwa mailosi pafupifupi 17 ndipo ali mbali ya mapiri a Sandia ndi Manzano. Manzanos akugona kumwera kwa Sandias, osiyana ndi Tijeras Canyon ndi mapiri omwe Interstate 40 amadutsa, komanso njira 66.
Sandias ndi malo okondwerera alendo ndi alendo.
M'nyengo yozizira amakoka anthu othawira kumalo otsetsereka, pamodzi ndi okwera mapiri a snowboarders ndi osowa nsomba . Mtsinje wa Sandia Wopambana ndi wotchuka ndi oyendetsa njinga zamoto komanso omwe amayendetsa galimoto. Misewu yambiri yomwe imayendayenda mumadutsa othamanga ndi oyendetsa bicycle. Anthu okwera miyala akupita kumadzulo ambirimbiri kumadzulo. Ngakhalenso kuwapachika pamtunda pamapiri.
Mapiri alinso ndi malo ambiri amodzi. Mphepo ya Sandia Man, yomwe ili pafupi ndi mudzi wa Placitas , pafupi ndi Las Huertas Canyon. Phanga ndi malo otchuka komanso kukwera mosavuta.