Author Archives: stevew

Even during the pandemic Santa Fe’s trails are undergoing care. Tim Roger’s (tim@sfct.org) work crews are limited to five but continue to improve trails in La Tierra, Dale Ball, Sun Mountain and Atalaya. Please let him know if you’d like … Continue reading →

Most of us have seen an uptick in trail use during the pandemic shutdown. Parking lots are full to over-flowing. We have lots of trails to spread out on and folks are used to moving off the trail as they … Continue reading →

Hello trail lovers, on Saturday August 31 people will be coming from all over the country and even 5 Tarahumara runners from Copper Canyon in Mexico to run the Endurance Santa Fe Mountain Trail Races. We need a few more … Continue reading →

Every hiker has set out on a trail only to discover that conditions were other than expected, even if the hiker was familiar with the trail from past visits or from consulting a hiking guide. Access roads, trailheads, creek crossing, … Continue reading →

On the La Tierra Trails, mitigating chronic erosion has been an evolutionary process. Dirt grade reversals (i.e. building up dirt berms across a trail to divert water) have not held up. They disappear after just one season. Lately we’ve experimented … Continue reading →

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”5″ gal_title=”Mizzou work at GBP”] During the week of March 25, 2019, 12 students from the University of Missouri — or Mizzou, as they like to be called — along with their chaparones, journeyed to Santa Fe to complete … Continue reading →

Our local trails are just drying out from the snow melt, however, mud season will last off and on through the monsoons.  Everyone knows about growing an inch or more as mud gloms onto the bottom of shoes.  What folks … Continue reading →

Every month the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe meets at lunch to discuss our favorite subject, trails. ( Il Vicino, noon, on the first Monday of the month to be precise). To us, trails are dirt, narrow, sustainable, scenic, and … Continue reading →

You are on a trail. An aspen has fallen across the trail that’s too big to move. What do you do? The old way was to try to figure out if you’re on county land, city land, national forest land, … Continue reading →

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”2″ gal_title=”Goat Heads”] Lately the Santa Fe New Mexican has been full of articles on the question “what’s a weed,” with many definitions of what constitutes a nuisance. I happen to be a devotee of wildflowers, native plants, and … Continue reading →

Now that the Forest Service trails are open again, it’s time to talk about cows. Mostly cows are gentle creatures, however at least one report of injuries from an attacking cow occurred in July. A nervous cow with a calf … Continue reading →

Due to several days of higher humidity and rain, the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will lift the closure order and stage 2 fire restrictions on Monday, July 9 at 8:00 a.m. for the first time since entering full forest … Continue reading →

Due to high fire potential, all trails in the Santa Fe National Forest (details) and some trails in adjacent Santa Fe County Open Space (details) and are closed until further notice. If you want to read an interesting article on … Continue reading →

  we headed over to work on a trail in Santa Fe Estates that continues the alignment of the Arbolitos Trail to connect to the top of the paved Canada Rincon Trail – a significant link for the GUSTO initiative … Continue reading →

  Tim met up with five volunteers at La Tierra Trails the morning of June 13, including three members of the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe and two new recruits. We removed loose rocks from the tread and improved storm … Continue reading →

  6 volunteers led by Tim Rogers showed up and did maintenance on the trail from the corner of Ridge Top road and Tano Road that connects up with the la Tierra trail system. Signs should be going up soon … Continue reading →

9 hardy souls put in some new signs and did a lot of rock work on the new trail from the parking lot to Dale Ball Central. The photo show some of the large rock work done by the group. … Continue reading →

The event will be held at the Caja del Rio and the organizers are in need of 5-6 groups of 4 people to run aid stations on May 26. Any and all volunteers are most welcome and revered. If you … Continue reading →

Margaret Alexander Last fall I promised to check out the Chili Line Trail at the end of Buckman Road at the Rio Grande. A group of us did, but never found the trail. Instead we hiked south along the river … Continue reading →

Margaret Alexander Don’t tell anyone but the aspen’s transformation into  golden glory has been slightly disappointing in the last couple of years.  Blame caterpillars, fungus, and warm weather I guess.  Another tree has been fantastic year after year for fall … Continue reading →

November 2017 We need your help to raise $2,500 for the “Glorieta Access Trail”! BACKGROUND: Glorieta Camps world-class trail system has played host to many important Mt. Bike events over the last few years, including the Big Mountain Enduro, and … Continue reading →

Peter Olson received a link to an article on “Hiking Etiquette 101: The 12 Trail Rules You Should Know” from the folks in England that make the green wellies (green rubber boots). The Trails Alliance has a “rule” of not … Continue reading →

Standing and riding together for national monuments By Mark Allison and Brent Bonwell Jul 22, 2017

Wow that’s a lot of hours! The hours were divided between hours spent on trails for the City 2426hr, County 1560 hours, USFS 1555.25 hours and the Gallisteo Basin Preserve 345 hours. With volunteers organizations from the Santa Fe Fat … Continue reading →

There is something new on the left sidebar of our web pages called “Trail Conditions”. The Santa Fe Fat Tire Society created this twitter feed several years ago so that people could easily report the condition of the trail they … Continue reading →

Thirty-four new junction signs have been installed on the Santa Fe City-side of the Dale Ball Trails, and soon another ten will be installed on the County sections, as well as on the La Piedra and Little Tesuque trails! The … Continue reading →

Please click on the links below to see information regarding the Santa Fe National Forest Fall 2016 Field Trips and Wilderness Evaluation Meetings relating to the forest plan revision. Forest Revision Plan Field Trips Public Meetings on Santa Fe Forest Plan … Continue reading →

Santa Fe County has great new resource on trails in the county. We will add it to our Local Trials list and you can check it out here.

It seems impossible, but once again volunteer time spent working on trails in 2015 broke a record: over 5000 hours. The volunteer organization that has evolved under the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe guidance is an over-the-top success. The Santa … Continue reading →

If you love trails, here’s a great way to help them. The Galisteo Basin Preserve (www.galisteobasinpreserve.com) allows hikers, bikers, and equestrians to use their trails. This is a non-profit organization which needs help to maintain its wonderful trail network. If … Continue reading →

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