All Trails Posts
GUSTO Wayfinding and SFCT Stewardship Signage, Summer 2020
From June through September 2020, upon the re-adoption of City's natural-surface trails through a new voluntary agreement with City Parks and Recreation Dept., the Trails Program Manager and volunteers put up new signage at trailheads at La Tierra Trails, Dale Ball...
La Tierra Trail Work Days, May and June, 2020
City trail volunteers turned their attention to La Tierra Trails in May, continuing to meet in small groups with the Trails Program Manager. On May 13 and 20, volunteers built several dips and grade reversals to direct storm drainage out of the gullied, "fall-line"...
Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia and River Cruise
In April 2020, SFCT worked with the Railyard Park Conservancy and other partners to celebrate Earth Day in times of coronavirus. From Earth Day on April 22 through the end of the month, SFCT encouraged Santa Feans to participate in the Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia...
Ideas for Social Distancing . . . Get Outside!
Arroyo Hondo Open Space. Photo by Billy Johnson. Dear Friend, I wanted to give you a few quick updates: SFCT is working remotely We will be working remotely until April 6th May 1st. Please feel free to leave us messages at our work phone number if you need us, and we...
Cañada Ancha Bridge, Sarah Williams Trail, and Other Work in Dale Ball Trails, Mar.-May 2020
On the evenings of March 16 and 17, in lieu of the cancelled showing of the Banff Film Festival, the Trail Program Manager met with a small group of members of the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society to install a long-awaited footbridge crossing the Cañada Ancha, the arroyo...
Piñon Ridge Trail
On March 11, six trail volunteers joined the Trails Program Manager to re-connect the Piñon Ridge Trail to S. Ridgetop Rd., at the top, and Camino Francisca, at the bottom. Primarily consisting of pruning and defining a narrow, single-track tread, this work was the...
Installing the Margaret Alexander Recovery Bench, Dec. 11, 2019
"Trails Restore. Mountains Elevate. Nature Sustains." - Margaret Alexander, Trails Advocate.
Field Trips to La Tierra Trails, Oct.-Nov., 2019
El Camino Real Academy: Ms. Gersh's and Ms. Mierley's Fourth-Graders, Oct. 8 El Camino Real Academy: Mr. Tison's Fourth-Graders, Oct. 10 Piñon Elementary School: Ms. Stapleton's Fifth-Graders, Oct. 15 Piñon Elementary School: Ms. West's Fifth-Graders, Oct. 15 El...
City Trail Work in La Tierra Trails, Fall 2019
Community Bicycle Ride: Funky Trails and Shortcuts
As part of the inaugural Santa Fe Mountain Fest (the heir to the New Mexico Bike and Brew festival), on Saturday, Sept. 14, SFCT's Trails Program Manager took a group of eighteen cyclists around town looking for the "sweet spots" that make urban riding in Santa Fe...