In addition to the usual trail building days, the Friends of the Sandia Mountains (FOSM) will schedule special sessions to complete specific tasks. Today, a small crew hiked up into the new Cienega/Armijo Trail Improvement Project (CATIP) trail system to install trail signs on completed loops in the network. Seven signs were installed at major intersections. Trail users are finding and exploring the system, and the trail signs provided by a generous REI grant will help orient them.

The crew today were Phil Cromer, Steve Roholt, and Betsy and Bob Galloway. Kerry Wood, Sandia Ranger District Trails and Wilderness Program manager, came along to direct and assist with sign installation.

Fall is here in the Sandia Mountains, Cooler temperatures and fall colors are starting.

For those folks who worked the Madera Locura and Elk Track Trails intersection, the bee colony we encountered finally decided to move on.

All photos in the attachment by Betsy Galloway.

Bob Galloway

FOSM Project Leader