This week the Friends of the Sandia Mountains (FOSM) trail crew was back working on the Cienega/Armijo Trails Improvement Project (CATIP). The trail session had three separate tasks: 1) reroute an unsustainable section on upper Madera Locura; 2) start cutting tread on TC04 (the future Vista Trail); and 3) work on obliterating the old user trail bypassed by the completed Madera Locura Trail.

A crew of eleven volunteers participated in the trail session: Jim Houle, Lorna Morrow, Byron Garner, Mark Grazier, Jeff Huser, Sim Cook, Jenny Blackmore, Bruce Hansche, Don Carnicom, and Betsy and Bob Galloway. The crew was directed by Russell Berman, Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands Resource Assistant, Trails.

The day started out cool with a touch of fall in the air but warmed to the mid-80s. The reroutes were in partially shaded locations but the trail obliteration task on the way back was over a ridge treated by mastication so we were in mostly full sun and it was pretty warm.

All pics in the attachment by Betsy Galloway.

Bob Galloway

FOSM Project Leader