Trail Improvements

Arroyo Chamiso underpass (2012)

The purpose of this page is to better track ongoing improvements and additions to Santa Fe area trails. Frequently updated:

Beginning with the formation of the city-wide Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee (2005) and subsequent voter approval of bonds to fund trail planning and construction ($9M in 2008; and $6M in 2012), the city of Santa Fe is in the midst of a long term build-out of a new multi-use urban trail system. This work is the result of several years of planning and advocacy by the Bicycle Coalition of NM and the indefatigable Gail Ryba, among others.

In tandem with the new City-wide trails system, the County and several local trail advocacy groups including the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, the Commonweal Conservancy, and the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society continue to improve upon our outlying county recreational trails (Dale Ball, La Tierra, Santa Fe Rail Trail, Arroyo Hondo, Galisteo Basin). The result being a first rate trail network recently recognized by IMBA as one of just seven national silver-level ride centers.

Links and resources to follow trail work are as follows (email additions to highdesertdirt@gmail):
 last updated 1/1/16

Rail Trail (2013)

Related HDD Write-ups and Updates:
 - Trail Projects Update, (Sep '16)
 - Acequia Trl Underpass Grndbreaking (Aug '16)
 - Rail Trail Improvements, Phases 2&3 (Sep '15)
 - Underpass Scheduled for Fall (Sep '15)
 - Acequia Trail Underpass (10/1/14)
 - Santa Fe Multi-Use Trail Update (7/30/14)
 - Trail Work - Arroyo Chamiso Trail (6/2/14)
 - La Tierra Connector - January Cycling (1/18/14)
 - Trail Improvements to Winsor and Galisteo Basin (11/1/13)
 - The Santa Fe Rail Trail Re-Imagined (6/26/13)
 - Arroyo Chamiso Underpass Nears Completion (6/21/12)


In the News:
 - Charter School Helps to Maintain Area Trails (Steve Sandoval, SFNM, 10/7/16)
 - Santa Fe Mountain Biking Compares to Park City (Bill Johnson, SFNM, 8/6/15)
 - Volunteers re-route portion of Dale Ball Trail (Anne Constable, SFNM, 1/8/15)
 - Rail Trail Improvements (Bill Johnson, SFNM, 11/5/14)
 - Trail Work Requires Everyone (Margaret Alexander, SFNM, 10/8/14)
 - Borrego Trail History (Margaret Alexander, SFNM, 7/2/14)


Resources:
 - Trail Work Calendar; Santa Fe Trails Alliance
 - Santa Fe Metropolitan Bicycle Master Plan .pdf (2010-2035)
 - Santa Fe Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee (BTAC): Robert Siquieros - 505-955-6977
 - SF Cnty Open Lands, Trails/Parks Advisory Cmte (COLTPAC):  Minutes & News Releases
 - To Report Trail Damage/Flooding - 505-955-6977
 - Graffiti Hotline - 505-955-2255

#sftrails Tweets

Newsfeeds via Twitter/Facebook:
 - @Bike_New_Mexico, Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico
 - @trailsetal, Margaret Alexander
 - @HDD_santafe, High Desert Dirt
 - @SantaFeCounty
 - @SFMPO, Santa Fe Metro (Transp.) Planning Org
 - #SFtrails, newsfeed specific to local trail updates
 - Santa Fe Conservation Trust (Facebook)
 - Santa Fe Fat Tire Society (Facebook)