Magical History Cruise
The Magical History Cruise on May 20, 2017, was the second annual running of a “Community Cruise” bicycle ride offered as part of the Outside Bike and Brew festival. Like the 2016 edition, this year’s ride focused on historic transportation...
Bike-to-School Celebration, May 16
On Tuesday May 16, students and families from Aspen Community Magnet School and Gonzales Community School converged on bicycle or on foot at the new trail connection linking the River Trail in Alto Park to the school crossing of Alto St. at La Madera St. The event,...
River and Acequia Cruise, May 13, 2017
This year’s edition of the “River and Acequia Cruise” served to kick off activities for “Bike-to-Work” week on Sat., May 13, and marked the beginning of the tenth year of “Community Cruises”! As usual, this slow bike...
Atalaya Trail Work
On May 30, the Trails Program Manager met with four volunteers to resume trail maintenance work on the Atalaya Trail, which we adopted on behalf of the Santa Fe National Forest in 2014. Thanks to...
Field Trips to Dale Ball Trails for Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School
In May 2017, the Trails Program Manager led 14 field trips to Dale Ball Trails, Central Section, and the Nature Conservancy’s Santa Fe Canyon Preserve. Over 300 4th and 5th Graders from Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School came out on the trips,...
Caja del Rio Gravel Grinder
The Caja del Rio Gravel Grinder was a cycling event on May 19 encompassing thirty miles of dirt roads and trails, as well as some paved roads and urban trails, to take Bike and Brew Festival participants from the Santa Fe Railyard out to the Caja del Rio unit of the...
Bike Route 66 Ride with BTAC On-Road Subcommittee
On April 23, the Trails Program Manager took a tour of parts of “Bike Route 66” through Santa Fe with members of the Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee’s “On-Road Subcommittee.” Bike Route 66 is a long-distance bicycle touring route...
Trail Work in Dale Ball Trails, April and May 2017
Dale Ball Central, April 12 On April 12 volunteers returned to Dale Ball Trails, Central Section, to put final touches on wayfinding arrow signage around Junctions 21, 22, and 23. With this work we are finished with wayfinding on city sections of Dale Ball Trails,...