This is near the end of the tram trip at the top of the Sandia Mountains

The rest of the photos were taken outside the tram car from the top of the Sandia Mountains. The year 2002 was a very dry year, and there were forest fires through out the western part of the U.S. The reason the sky is so hazy is that Albuquerque had been shrouded with a haze of smoke due to the huge fires in Southern Arizona.

Looking downward at the Southwestern end of the Sandia Mountains

Looking upward at the Southwestern peak of the Sandia Mountains