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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.
Tierra Contenta Trails Work Day with Capital High School’s Outdoors Club, Oct. 16, 2015
Ten students and two teachers from Capital High School's "Outdoors Club" met with the Trail Volunteer Coordinator on Tierra Contenta's "Arroyo de las Chamisas Urban Trail" to talk about trails and tools and to do some basic trail maintenance work on an adjoining...
La Tierra Trails Work Days, Oct. 14 and 28, 2015
For October trail work days, we shifted gears to La Tierra Trails, starting on Oct. 14 with some problem sections between junctions 33, 35 and 37 and north of junction 36. We could not solve ALL the problems, but we did find some spots where we could either move the...
Dale Ball Central Work Day, Oct. 8, 2015
Four volunteers met with the Trail Volunteer Coordinator to visit Dale Ball Trails, Central section, off of Cerros Colorados Rd., one last time before we switch the focus to La Tierra Trails for a while. ...
Field Trips to La Tierra Trails with Camino Real Academy Fourth Graders, Sept.-Oct., 2015
A whole new crop of Camino Real Academy fourth-graders started up on field trips to city trails at the end of September, 2015. The first class was scheduled to visit Dale Ball Trails' South Section but we re-located to La Tierra Trails due to the smoke from a...
Cross Town Community Cruise (SWAN Park Opening)
Twenty-seven cyclists participated in the first-ever Cross Town Community Cruise, spanning nearly ten miles from the Railyard Park to the City's new SWAN Park, all downhill. The City of Santa Fe provided the food and fun at the park. It was a...
Dale Ball Central Work Days, Sept. 3 & 15, 2015
On Sept. 3, three volunteers joined the Trails Program Manager to work on eroded trail sections in the central section of Dale Ball Trails. The crew de-bermed and put in a few nicks and bumps to force water off of gullied parts of the trail between junctions 18 and...
La Tierra Trails Work Day, Aug. 18, 2015
Seven volunteers joined the Trail Volunteer Coordinator at La Tierra Trails' Frijoles Trailhead to deal with erosion issues that had been identified between junctions 26 and 29 and north of junctions 9 and 10. Work at the latter location included a short re-route to...
Dale Ball Central Work Days, Aug. 5 and 25, 2015
Five volunteers worked with the City Trail Volunteer Coordinator on Aug. 5 to address erosion issues in the Central Section of Dale Ball Trails, near the Cerros Colorados Rd. crossing, and to move tools and other trail work materials shared by SFCT, the Trails...
Dale Ball South Work Day, Aug. 13, 2015
Five volunteers and the Trails Program Manager met at Cerro Gordo Trailhead to work on erosion issues on the climb to Junction 30 above the "green gate." This section of City trail climbs up toward Picacho Peak on land being preserved by The Nature Conservancy. The...
Google Trekking City Trails, July and August 2015
At the request of the City's tourism department, TOURISM Santa Fe, SFCT's Trails Program Manager organized and programmed volunteers to hike area trails with the "Google Trekker" apparatus: a 50-lb. bundle of fifteen cameras, computer hardware, battery, and backpack...
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