SFCT Trail Events in 2017

On the morning of Aug. 19, SFCT celebrated "Native Plant Day" with the Native Plant Society of New Mexico and the City of Santa Fe by orchestrating a community bicycle ride and walk to distribute over 2,000 native plant "seed balls" on city trails and open space.  The...

The Arbolitos Trail is a GUSTO demonstration project along the top of a branch of the Arroyo de los Frijoles, northeast of La Tierra Trails. The route of the trail was originally flagged by Henry Lanman and Tim Rogers in April and was soon added to commitments for the...

The "Dog Park Connector" is a GUSTO demonstration project to help create a long-awaited connection through city open space out to La Tierra Trails via the "Montoyas Trail" and underpass under the Relief Route. The GUSTO demonstration comprises the northern six-tenths...

On July 20, a handful of dedicated city trail volunteers met to take care of some last needs for pruning, wayfinding signage, and tread work around the old Sand Filter Plant site. The area had recently been re-contoured and mulched by Youthworks volunteers on behalf...

On the morning of June 23, the Trails Program Manager met with a seven-member team of County staff and volunteers at Junction 39 in Dale Ball Trails.  Under the leadership of Carol Branch, County Volunteer Coordinator, this group was combining a hiking outing with a...

On Sat., June 17, 2017, SFCT's Trails Program Manager worked with the City of Santa Fe and local hiking enthusiasts to put on "Take a Kid Hiking Day."  Thanks go to Elaine Pinkerton, author of "Santa Fe on Foot," and Richard Polese of Ocean Tree Books, who worked with...

On June 13, 11 volunteers met with the Trail Volunteer Coordinator at Frijoles Trailhead to remove and re-install wooden parking delineators for horse trailers. The group included a fairly even mix of hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrian users of our trails.  The...