SFCT Trail Events in 2017

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ten volunteers from the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society met with the City Trail Volunteer Coordinator to revisit the Flow Trail in La Tierra Trails on Sat., July 25.  Work included sweeping stones and debris off of the trail surface, improving drainage, re-packing some...

Eleven summer campers and two staff members from GCCC came out to the Calabasas Trailhead for our first-ever field trip to La Tierra Trails.  After some trailhead orientation and distribution of fine hiking swag thanks to the S.L. Gimbel Foundation, we headed across...

SFCT's Trails Program Manager met with twelve city summer campers, two counselors, and three guests to hike in Santa Fe Canyon Preserve and Dale Ball Trails Central on July 7.  New participants received packs with hats, compasses, sunscreen, and water bottles as well...

Three volunteers met with the City Trail Volunteer at the "corral" parking lot for a morning of trail work on July 2.  After filling in some trailside gullies with rocks, the group moved up the trail along the Canada Ancha to create grade reversals above a few...