Volunteer Work in Dale Ball Trails, Summer and Fall 2020
For the hot months of July and August, and into September, we turned our attention to Dale Ball Trails, revisiting many known erosion problem-spots in the North, Central, and South parts of the trails. Given limitations on public gatherings, with advance preparation...
GUSTO Wayfinding and SFCT Stewardship Signage, Summer 2020
From June through September 2020, upon the re-adoption of City’s natural-surface trails through a new voluntary agreement with City Parks and Recreation Dept., the Trails Program Manager and volunteers put up new signage at trailheads at La Tierra Trails, Dale...
La Tierra Trail Work Days, May and June, 2020
City trail volunteers turned their attention to La Tierra Trails in May, continuing to meet in small groups with the Trails Program Manager. On May 13 and 20, volunteers built several dips and grade reversals to direct storm drainage out of the gullied,...
Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia and River Cruise
In April 2020, SFCT worked with the Railyard Park Conservancy and other partners to celebrate Earth Day in times of coronavirus. From Earth Day on April 22 through the end of the month, SFCT encouraged Santa Feans to participate in the Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia...
Cañada Ancha Bridge, Sarah Williams Trail, and Other Work in Dale Ball Trails, Mar.-May 2020
On the evenings of March 16 and 17, in lieu of the cancelled showing of the Banff Film Festival, the Trail Program Manager met with a small group of members of the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society to install a long-awaited footbridge crossing the Cañada Ancha, the arroyo...
Piñon Ridge Trail
On March 11, six trail volunteers joined the Trails Program Manager to re-connect the Piñon Ridge Trail to S. Ridgetop Rd., at the top, and Camino Francisca, at the bottom. Primarily consisting of pruning and defining a narrow, single-track tread, this work was the...
Installing the Margaret Alexander Recovery Bench, Dec. 11, 2019
“Trails Restore. Mountains Elevate. Nature Sustains.” – Margaret Alexander, Trails Advocate.
Field Trips to La Tierra Trails, Oct.-Nov., 2019
El Camino Real Academy: Ms. Gersh’s and Ms. Mierley’s Fourth-Graders, Oct. 8 El Camino Real Academy: Mr. Tison’s Fourth-Graders, Oct. 10 Piñon Elementary School: Ms. Stapleton’s Fifth-Graders, Oct. 15 Piñon Elementary School: Ms. West’s...
City Trail Work in La Tierra Trails, Fall 2019
Upcoming Events
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10:00 am Community Cruise for Bike Month ... @ Railyard Park Community Room
Community Cruise for Bike Month ... @ Railyard Park Community Room 
May 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Come along on a slow community bike ride on Santa Fe’s urban trails and the bike-friendly streets that connect them. Building off of last Fall’s “Tour de Mural” theme, we will visit some outlying murals[...]