Sandia Peak Ski and Tramway
A trip on the world’s longest aerial tramway transports you above deep canyons and breathtaking terrain a distance of 2.7 miles. The 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.
The Sandia Mountains (Tiwa name posu gai hoo-oo, "where water slides down arroyo") are a mountain range located immediately to the northeast of the city of Albuquerque.
Sandia means watermelon in Spanish, and is popularly believed to be a reference to the reddish color of the mountains at sunset. Also, when viewed from the west, the profile of the mountains is a long ridge, with a thin zone of green conifers near the top, suggesting the "rind" of the watermelon. "The most likely explanation is the one believed by the Sandia Indians: the Spaniards, when they encountered the Pueblo in 1540, called it Sandia, because they thought the squash growing there were watermelons, and the name Sandia soon was transferred to the mountains east of the pueblo."
Elder Jake Buhler
Mission Home Mailing Address
Elder Jake Buhler
New Mexico Farmington Mission
400 West Apache St.
Farmington, NM 87401
Formerly in the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
New Mexico Farmington Mission
400 West Apache St.
Farmington, NM 87401
Formerly in the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
Albuquerque, NM Temple
Chaco Canyon
Areas Served In
- Crownpoint, NM Branch
- Star Heights Ward, Rio Ranch, NM
- Sandia & Eubank YSA Wards, Albq., NM
- Haines Ward, Albq., NM
- Edgewood Ward, NM
- Farmington 1 & 3 Wards, NM
- Indian School Ward, Albq., NM
- Cortez 2 & Mancos Wards, CO
Companions
- Elder Borup-- Tremonton, UT
- Elder Gregson-- Alberta, Canada
- Elder Bigler-- Vanderhoof, B.C. Canada
- Elder Pahulu--Palm Beach, FL
- Elder Smith-- Salt Lake City, UT
- Elder Smith-- Buena Vista, VA
- Elder Tuttle-- Riverton, UT
- Elder BC Thompson-- Syracuse, UT
- Elder Hullinger-- ID
- Elder Cooper-- Salem, OR
- Elder Proskine-- ID
- Elder Condie-- Delaware
- Elder Buchanan --Morgan, UT
- Elder Besler-- SLC, UT
- Elder Smith (MTC) South Jordan, UT
Elder Buhler's Mission Bounds
Central and northern New Mexico, southwest Colorado
New Mexico State Flag
The yellow field and red symbol colors are the colors of Spain. First brought to New Mexico by Spanish explorers in 1540. On New Mexico's flag we see a red sun with rays streching out from it. There are four groups of rays with four rays in each group. This is an ancient sun symbol of a Native American people called the Zia. The Zia believed that the giver of all good gave them gifts in groups of four. These gifts are:
The four directions - north, east, south and west.
The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter.
The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age.
All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end.
The four directions - north, east, south and west.
The four seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter.
The day - sunrise, noon, evening and night.
Life itself - childhood, youth, middle years and old age.
All of these are bound by a circle of life and love, without a beginning or end.
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