Highpoint of the Sandia-Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, United States
"Sandia Peak" redirects here. For other uses, see Sandia Peak (disambiguation).
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Sandia Crest, also known locally as Sandia Peak or simply as the Crest,[2] is a mountain ridge that, at 10,679 feet (3,255 m), is the highpoint of the Sandia–Manzano Mountains, and is located in the Sandia Mountains of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. Instead of a true summit or topographic peak, this range climbs to a long ridge line. To the east, the range slopes down from the Crest and merges into the plains below. On the west side of the Crest is a cliff; the range dramatically drops over 4,000 feet (1,000 metres) in elevation over 2 miles (3 kilometres) of horizontal distance to the Rio Grande Valley and city of Albuquerque below. It is within the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest. The Crest features a viewing area with a shop and visitor center, telecommunications transmitters, the popular La Luz Trail, the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, and the summit of Sandia Peak Ski Area and the Sandia Peak Tramway, which is the longest aerial tramway in the Americas.[citation needed]
^"Popular belief holds that the striped appearance of the rocks or the pinkish reflections of the surfaces at sunset led to the name "watermelon mountains" in Spanish." Pearce, T. M. (1965) "Sandia" New Mexico place names; a geographical dictionary University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, p. 142, OCLC 420847
^ ab"Sandia Mountains". Summit Post. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^Pearce, T. M. (1965) "Sandia" New Mexico place names; a geographical dictionary University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, p. 143, OCLC 420847
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Magdalena Mountains. The summit of SandiaCrest is the highest point of the Sandia Mountains. The elevation of SandiaCrest includes an adjustment of +1.101 m...
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on Broadcast Plaza in Albuquerque; KRQE's transmitter is located on SandiaCrest, east of Albuquerque. Channel 13 began operation in October 1953 as KGGM-TV...
watts. The transmitter tower is atop SandiaCrest east of the city. The call sign KRST represents the word "Crest", substituting a K for the C and omitting...
is a public radio station broadcasting on FM 89.9 MHz from high atop SandiaCrest, with broadcasts originating from the third floor of Oñate Hall, on the...
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radiated power (ERP) of 22,500 watts. The transmitter tower is atop SandiaCrest east of the city. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital...
owned-and-operated station of The CW. The station's transmitter is located atop SandiaCrest. KWBQ is owned by Mission Broadcasting alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate...
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