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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.
Magical History Cruise
The Magical History Cruise on May 20, 2017, was the second annual running of a "Community Cruise" bicycle ride offered as part of the Outside Bike and Brew festival. Like the 2016 edition, this year's ride focused on historic transportation alignments that continue...
Bike-to-School Celebration, May 16
On Tuesday May 16, students and families from Aspen Community Magnet School and Gonzales Community School converged on bicycle or on foot at the new trail connection linking the River Trail in Alto Park to the school crossing of Alto St. at La Madera St. The event,...
River and Acequia Cruise, May 13, 2017
This year's edition of the "River and Acequia Cruise" served to kick off activities for "Bike-to-Work" week on Sat., May 13, and marked the beginning of the tenth year of "Community Cruises"! As usual, this slow bike ride served to help Santa Feans and their guests...
Atalaya Trail Work
On May 30, the Trails Program Manager met with four volunteers to resume trail maintenance work on the Atalaya Trail, which we adopted on behalf of the Santa Fe National Forest in 2014. Thanks to...
Caja del Rio Gravel Grinder
The Caja del Rio Gravel Grinder was a cycling event on May 19 encompassing thirty miles of dirt roads and trails, as well as some paved roads and urban trails, to take Bike and Brew Festival participants from the Santa Fe Railyard out to the Caja del Rio unit of the...
Bike Route 66 Ride with BTAC On-Road Subcommittee
On April 23, the Trails Program Manager took a tour of parts of "Bike Route 66" through Santa Fe with members of the Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee's "On-Road Subcommittee." Bike Route 66 is a long-distance bicycle touring route that has been mapped and...
Trail Work in Dale Ball Trails, April and May 2017
Dale Ball Central, April 12 On April 12 volunteers returned to Dale Ball Trails, Central Section, to put final touches on wayfinding arrow signage around Junctions 21, 22, and 23. With this work we are finished with wayfinding on city sections of Dale Ball Trails,...
Trail Work in La Tierra Trails
On April 5, the Trails Program Manager met with six volunteers to kick off the "regular season" for city trail work. We visited problem spots east and south of Junction 2, trying to help the trail drain off storm water by de-berming, putting in "nicks" or "grade...
Community Cruise to Gail Ryba Trail on “Bike Day”
On the occasion of "Bike Day at the Capitol," the Trails Program Manager met a dozen or so members of BikeABQ, as well as a handful of local cyclists, at South Capitol Station the morning of Feb. 25 to take a ride to the Gail Ryba Trail and underpass, before heading...
Removing Fallen Trees near Cerro Gordo Trailhead, Jan. 25
The morning of Jan. 25, super-volunteer Alan Karp came by to let us know that three sizable trees had been blown over and were threatening to fall onto the trail connecting Cerro Gordo trailhead with Upper Canyon Rd. One e-mail to a handful of certified sawyer...
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