Wow @pinkspectre you guys are really conquerors of heights. Sandia mountains is a nice place to be. However, personally I fear heights. I imagine I can slide and fall all the way back down. To get a better experience one should go to the peak by hiking. Firstly it makes you do a lot of exercise, secondly you get to see more features than others who drive. One gets the real experience of mountain ecosystem.
When I hike, I always take my dogs. But one of them is very old now, so we don't hike up mountains these days. I'm sure we'll be back at it in a year or two.