SFCT Trail Events in 2017

Thanks to moderate temperatures, we were able to continue volunteer trail work into December.  On Dec. 8, we focused on the wide trail between Frijoles and Calabasas Trailheads that is considered a "Regional Multi-Use Trail" under the La Tierra Trails Master Plan. We...

Thanks to new grant support from the Line-Berry Foundation, SFCT was able to offer field trips to a second south-side school, Nina Otero Community School.  Fourth-graders received backpacks, hiking accessories, and "Passports to Santa Fe's Foothill Trails" provided...

                  Field Trips to La Tierra Trails continued in October and November with Fifth-Graders from El Camino Real Academy. On Oct. 27 we hosted Miss Young's class, on Nov. 10, Miss Castillo's class, and on Nov. 24,...

On Oct. 23, a small group of volunteers reached higher up the Atalaya Trail than we have got in the past, above where the "Easier" and Steeper" sections re-unite.  After a little de-berming on the "Steeper" route, the group found plenty of locations above the junction...

City trail volunteers focused on maintenance needs on the far west side of La Tierra Trails on four work days in November.                             A group of six volunteers joined Tim Rogers to...

A dozen volunteers worked on the Atalaya Trail before heading up to "Shirley's Knob" to celebrate National Trails Day as well as the development of a "Grand Unified Trails System" for Santa Fe.  While working their way up, the crew ran into Alan Karp, long-time...

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...

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...

                  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. ...

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...