On Thursday May 2, the Friends of the Sandia Mountains (FOSM) led another trail session in support of the Sandia Ranger District (SRD) Cienega/Armijo Trails Improvement Project (CATIP). The session focused on reroutes of Armijo Trail, #222, to move the trail out of the bottom of the canyon drainage. CATIP is now approximately 62% complete.

Reroutes were completed on three sections of Armijo Trail #222. The Berman Bunch turned out a dozen volunteers strongly reinforced by four Sandia Ranger District personnel. The 12 volunteers were Don Carnicom, Eric Russell, Jenny Blackmore, Mark Grazier, Byron Garner, Lorna Morrow, Phil Cromer, Pat Madden, Jim Houle, Cleve Sharp, and Betsy and Bob Galloway. Directing the crew was Russell Berman, Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Trails Resource Assistant. The crew of 16 trail workers finished the planned tasks, including installing a trail sign provided by REI at a trail junction. The weather was perfect and Armijo Canyon is a beautiful area to work in.

All pics in the attachment by Betsy Galloway.

Bob Galloway

FOSM Project Leader