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| La Tierra Trails Flow Trail Clean-Up 9:00 am La Tierra Trails Flow Trail Clean-Up @ La Tierra Trails, Frijoles Trailhead May 3 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Help Santa Fe Fat Tire Society work on the first professionally designed and constructed purpose built mountain bike trail in the Santa Fe area. Tools will be provided, but please bring gloves and wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Come … Continue reading | CANCELLED – Winsor Trail – CANCELLED 9:00 am CANCELLED – Winsor Trail – CANCELLED @ Winsor Trail May 6 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm We will continue to punch in a re-route started last year on the Winsor Trail. Let me know if you’d like to attend any of these. I’ll provide directions and any important information. Please bring a daypack with lunch, plenty … Continue reading | Petroglyph Hill Tour 9:00 am Petroglyph Hill Tour @ Petroglyph Hill Tour May 8 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm RSVP required Contact melohmann@santafecountynm.gov to be added to the waiting list Participants will need to have the ability to hike a short distance and negotiate uneven, rocky terrain. Due to the undeveloped nature of the open space and associated hazards, … Continue reading | Galisteo Basin Preserve- Improvements to the Trail Network 8:30 am Galisteo Basin Preserve- Improvements to the Trail Network @ Cowboy Shack May 9 @ 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Volunteers will head out to evaluate and fix identified drainage issues on the existing trail network. After enjoying lunch on the trail, volunteers will complete their work by 1:30 pm. Food + Supplies: Commonweal will provide light snacks, water and … Continue reading Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico Educational Hike 9:30 am Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico Educational Hike @ Arroyo Hondo Open Space Upper Parking lot May 9 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am Leader – Judy Kowalski This hike will with some luck coincide with bloom times of many of the cactus varieties along the trail. Your guides will identify and provide fun facts about the variety of cactus species found in the … Continue reading South Side Community Cruise 9:30 am South Side Community Cruise @ South Side Library May 9 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am  The Second Annual Southside Community Cruise: A slow bike ride with breaks, approximately eight miles, including visits to Tierra Contenta’s Arroyo Chamiso Trail, the County River Trail / Camino Real, the City’s M.R.C. Trail, and an “Equestrian Underpass” of the … Continue reading | |||
| Santa Fe Botanical Gardens Hike to Placer Peak in the Ortiz Mountain Preserve 8:30 am Santa Fe Botanical Gardens Hike to Placer Peak in the Ortiz Mountain Preserve @ Santa Fe Botanical Gardens hike to Placer Peak in the Ortiz Mountain Preserve May 19 @ 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Reservation Required: Details will be provided at the time your reservation is confirmed. Trail Leader – Scott Canning Maximum 15 Difficult hike. Approximately 8 miles. 2400 ft. Elevation to Placer Peak The Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve consists of 1,350 acres in … Continue reading | ||||||
Volunteers will head out to evaluate and fix identified drainage issues on the existing trail network. After enjoying lunch on the trail, volunteers will complete their work by 1:30 pm.
Food + Supplies: Commonweal will provide light snacks, water and all necessary trail-finishing tools. The Trails Alliance of Santa Fe and the Fat Tire Society have generously donated use of their tools for these events.
Work Requirements and Cautions: Trail building is a moderately strenuous activity. Please wear pants, long-sleeve shirt, hat and heavy work boots.
Bring: A sack lunch, sunscreen, water bottle and work gloves.
Space for each event is limited to 15 volunteers. To register for either day, please email Gretchen Grogan at gretchen.grogan@commonwealconservancy.org or call her at (505) 982-0071, ext. 106. Please title your email message: RSVP for Trail Maintenance.
Leader – Judy Kowalski
This hike will with some luck coincide with bloom times of many of the cactus varieties along the trail. Your guides will identify and provide fun facts about the variety of cactus species found in the Arroyo Hondo Open Space.
Easy hike.
Approximately 1.5 miles.
400 feet elevation.
ADA accessible
Arroyo Hondo – Upper Parking Area located at the end of Old Agua Fria Rd. From the Old Pecos Trail (OPT) exit of I-25 drive, drive South until OPT dead ends at the stop sign at Old Agua Fria Road East. Turn left onto Old Agua Fria Rd. E, drive over cattle-guard where dirt turns into pavement, parking is 200 yards on the right.
Cruising Tierra Contenta’s Arroyo Chamiso Trail
The Second Annual Southside Community Cruise: A slow bike ride with breaks, approximately eight miles, including visits to Tierra Contenta’s Arroyo Chamiso Trail, the County River Trail / Camino Real, the City’s M.R.C. Trail, and an “Equestrian Underpass” of the Santa Fe Relief Route. This activity is possible through support to SFCT’s Trails Program by the City of Santa Fe.For a description of how last year’s event went, see South Side Community Cruise, May 10, 2014.
Reservation Required: Details will be provided at the time your reservation is confirmed.
Trail Leader – Scott Canning
Maximum 15
Difficult hike.
Approximately 8 miles.
2400 ft. Elevation to Placer Peak
The Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve consists of 1,350 acres in the Ortiz Mountains, including Placer Peak, the highest peak in the Ortiz range at 8,897 feet. The Preserve contains several historic mine shafts from the New Mexico gold rush in the early mid-nineteenth century. The Preserve is located approximately 30 miles southwest of Santa Fe off the Turquoise Trail scenic byway.
Celebrate the new interpretive sign at the La Piedra junction (about a 30 minute walk). Box lunches will be supplied for the first the 50 trail volunteers. For more information please click on this link Trails Day La Piedra 2015
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