All Trails Posts
La Tierra Trails Re-Route and Maintenance, Nov. 4, 2014
The re-route involved building new trail along a traverse and grade reversal in order to shed water off of the trail.Six volunteers joined the Trail Volunteer Coordinator on the morning of Nov. 4 to conduct some erosion-prevention maintenance on La Tierra Trails...
Protecting Archaeological Sites for the “Flow Trail,” La Tierra Trails, Nov. 5 and 20, 2014
The City Trail Volunteer Coordinator met with two volunteers from the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society (SFFTS) and archaeologist Stephen Post, also acting as a volunteer, at La Tierra Trails the morning of Nov. 5. The task at hand was to set up T-posts provided by the City...
Camino de Cruz Blanca Trail, November 2014
The Camino de Cruz Blanca Trail is a four-foot-wide soft-surface trail along Camino de Cruz Blanca that connects the St. John's Trailhead to the Dorothy Stewart Trail, Dale Ball Trails, and the Atalaya Trail. This project responds to a request from the City of Santa...
Dale Ball Trails Re-Route, Day # 3: Oct. 21, 2014
Eight volunteers joined the Trail Volunteer Coordinator to continue work on the re-route on Dale Ball Trails above Junction 29. We bolstered up some of the remaining loose areas along the acequia bank with rock...
Hike with Camino Real Academy students: Ms. Young’s Fourth-Graders, Oct. 16, 2014
Our last of four hikes with Camino Real Academy Fourth-Graders was with Ms. Young's class. ...
Hike with Camino Real Academy students: Mr. Bass’s Fourth-Graders, Oct. 9, 2014
Our third field trip with Camino Real Academy Students was another bilingual group, Mr. Bass’s Fourth graders – 23 kids, five or six parents or grandparents, Mr. Bass and Miss (now Mrs.) Jones. There was some trailhead excitement right off the bat as we encountered a...
Hike with Camino Real Academy students: Mr. Gorman’s 4th- and 5th-Graders, Oct. 1, 2014
Our second field trip with Camino Real Academy took place on Oct. 1, 2014, with Mr. Gorman's 4th- and 5th-Graders. Once again, after orientation at the trailhead map, we hiked up to the rock shelf below...
Dale Ball Trails Re-Route, Day # 2: Oct. 14, 2014
Seven volunteers joined the Trail Volunteer Coordinator to continue work on a re-route of the Dale Ball Trails above Junction 29, on land owned by The Nature Conservancy. The trail is now complete from the acequia crossing up, but we are still working on the arroyo...
Dale Ball Trails Re-Route, Oct. 7, 2014
Nine volunteers joined the Trail Volunteer Coordinator to start work on a re-route of the Dale Ball Trails above Junction 29, on land owned by The Nature Conservancy. This is our first trail-building job under our contract with the City of Santa Fe. It is a tricky...
La Tierra Trails Work Day, Sept. 30, 2014
Six volunteers joined SFCT's "City Trail Volunteer Coordinator" at the Calabasas Trailhead to conduct maintenance work between Junctions 1 and 7 and between Junctions 1 and 2 in La Tierra Trails. The work consisted primarily of de-berming and nicks. We also cleared...