The Friends of the Sandia Mountains (FOSM) led a trail crew up to continue work on the Cienega/Armijo Trails Improvement Project (CATIP). A great crew showed up for the session and completed trail Section TC06. CATIP is now 71% complete: a total of 6.1 miles of new trail have been built. Both figures are approximate because bypassed trail obliteration is not included and the new or rerouted sections often end up longer than originally estimated. The crew is concentrating on completing loops back to Faulty, Canoncito, and Armijo Trails to improve access to the area.

A crew of fifteen volunteers showed up for the trail session: Claudia Bergsohn, Dave Harding, Lorna Morrow, Sim Cook, Jenny Blackmore, Steve Roholt, Jeff Huser, Byron Garner, Cleve Sharp, Phil Cromer, Bruce Hansche, Pat and Mike Madden, and Betsy and Bob Galloway.

Besides completing the new trail construction, the crew opened up the corridor, cut backslope, removed oak, and leveled tread on a section of TC06 built around a year ago.

The weather started out overcast and very humid but then the sun came out and water breaks became more frequent. With the earlier start, the crew got back to their vehicles and down the road before the rain hit. Just under a half inch of rain which was not forecast. We'll take it!

All pics in the attached by Betsy Galloway.

Bob Galloway

FOSM Project Leader