City Trail Work in La Tierra Trails, April 2019
Five volunteers from the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe met with the Trails Program Manager for the first regular city trail work day of the season on April 3, 2019. Taking advantage of supplies of rock left over from work with The Masters Program on the “Wide...
Work with “The Masters Program” Students in La Tierra Trails, March 1
The first city trail work day in 2019 focused on erosion control along the “Wide Trail” between Frijoles and La Cuchara Trailheads in La Tierra Trails. Over a dozen students from The Masters Program joined additional “crew leader” volunteers...
“Vámonos: Santa Fe Walks” wraps up first season
Vámonos: Santa Fe Walks completed its inaugural year of community walks on accessible urban trails in October. The walking collaborative began activities in May and built momentum over the Summer and into the Fall, finishing with a total of over 300 participants in...
Trail Work in November 2018
Trail volunteers returned to Dale Ball Trails on Nov. 7 to continue up the hill above Junction 11. We finally have got a handle on this stretch of gullied trail after three work days focusing on de-berming and building grade reversals since August. This time, we...
Field Trips to Dale Ball Trails, October 2018
In October we continued activities under the “Passport to Trails” program by bringing seven classes of 4th and 5th Graders from south-side schools to the north section of Dale Ball Trails. With the arrival of Mr. Barbero’s Fifth-Graders from El...
Trail Work in October 2018
In October we resumed maintenance work on Dale Ball Trails, continuing to address areas that had been eroded in Summer monsoons and safeguarding the trails from the next “thousand-year storm” or less. We continue to rely on volunteers of the Trails...
Rail History Cruises, September 2018
In conjunction with the inaugural “New Mexico Railroad History Celebration,” SFCT’s Trails Program Manager organized four mini-cruises and two “Explore More” cruises by bicycle of active and historic rail...
Trail Work in September 2018
Trail work in September included two work days to address erosion issues in the Central Part of Dale Ball Trails north of Cero Gordo Trailhead, one with The Master Program students around the La Cuchara and Frijoles Trailheads in La Tierra Trails, and two on the...