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SFCT Trail Events in 2017
Links below describe how each event in 2017 went. For information on upcoming trail events, see SFCT’s Events page or take a look at the TAOSF calendar.
Completing Dale Ball Wayfinding Signage, Nov. – Dec.
Four work days in November and one more in December were dedicated to finishing off the supplemental arrow signs that inform City trail users which junction lies ahead. Thanks go to the City Parks Dept. as well as the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe for supporting the...
National Park Service Centennial & Camino Real Trail Celebration, with “Grand Unified Trail System” Study Rides
On Oct. 22, SFCT joined Santa Fe County, the National Park Service's National Historic Trails Program, the Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe National Forest, the Santa Fe County Horse Coalition, the City of Santa Fe, and a variety of trail enthusiasts at Dead Dog...
Field Trips for Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School, October 2016
The Trails Program Manager took over 280 kids and 40 adults out to experience Dale Ball Trails over a three-week period in October. The outings included a dozen field trips for Fourth- and Fifth-Grade classes from El Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community...
Tour de Mural, Oct. 8, 2016
About forty cyclists joined the Trails Program Manager for the Tour de Mural, a bicycle tour of wall art in Santa Fe, on Sat., Oct. 8, 2016. Starting with the "Photo Fence" in the Railyard Park and finishing at the State Archives Building on Guadalupe St., the tour...
Capital High School Outdoors Club, Dale Ball Trails Work Day, Oct. 14
A dozen members of Capital High School's Outdoors Club, along with two teachers, came out to the Wilderness Gate Trailhead on Oct. 14 to help out with trail maintenance in the South Section of Dale Ball Trails. The students focused on reducing erosion on a few...
Posting Dale Ball Signage, September – October 2016
Numerous work days in September and October were dedicated to installing the long-awaited, new junction signs on Dale Ball Trails, as well as updating and adding to the supplemental arrow signs that help ensure users can find their way through the trails. ...
Dale Ball Trails South Work Day, Aug. 31
The City Trail Volunteer Coordinator met with six volunteers at Cerro Gorod Trailhead Parking lot on the morning of Aug. 31 to head south from Upper Canyon Rd. between Junctions 29 and 30. This stretch of trail toward Picacho Peak is a City trail easement on land...
La Tierra Trail Work Days, Aug. 5, 12, 17, and 24
Volunteers returned to La Tierra Trails for four work days in August 2016 to complete the re-route between Junctions 3 and 5 and perform maintenance work elsewhere in the western portion of the trails.
Trail Work Demonstration and Hike to Picacho Peak with City Summer Campers, July 29
Ten City Summer Campers and two Camp counselors joined the Trails Program Manager for a demonstration of trail construction near Cerro Gordo Trailhead and a hike up Picacho Peak on July 29. ...
La Tierra Trails Work Days, July 12, 19, and 26
On July 12, eleven volunteers converged on the northwest corner of La Tierra Trails to start work on a long-discussed reroute of a braided section of trail north of Junction 5. The group included two brand new recruits as well as a third new recruit who stopped...
Removing Fallen Trees near Cerro Gordo Trailhead, Jan. 25
Community Cruise to Gail Ryba Trail for “Bike Day at the Capitol,” Feb. 25
Trail Work in La Tierra Trails, April 5
Trail Work in Dale Ball Trails, April 12, 19 & 27, May 8
Bike Route 66 Ride with BTAC On-Road Subcommittee, April 23
Field Trips to Dale Ball Trails for Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School, May 3 – 18
River and Acequia Cruise, May 13
Bike-to-School Celebration, May 16
Caja del Rio Gravel Grinder, May 19
Bike-to-Work Day, May 19
Magical History Cruise, May 20
Atalaya Trail Work, May 30
Work at Frijoles Trailhead, La Tierra Trails, June 13
Take a Kid Hiking Day, June 17
Signage and Other Trail Work in Dale Ball South, June 23 and 29
Cerro Gordo Trailhead Connection, Dale Ball Trails, July 20
La Tierra Trails / Dog Park Connector, July – October
Arbolitos Trail, August – September
Seed Ball Throw, Native Plant Day, August 19
Demonstration Work Day and Hike with International Visitors, August 28
Putting up Wayfinding Signage on Talaya Hill with County Volunteers, September 15 and 22
Bicycle Tour for International Making Cities Livable Conference, Oct. 2
Field Trips to La Tierra Trails for Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School, Oct. 3 – 26
Outing with Capital High School “Outdoors Club,” Oct. 6: Trail Work and Hike up to Picacho Peak