Sagebrush personal hiking blog
NMVFO returned this week with staff from Albuquerque Open Space to resume building new trail on an as-yet-unnamed route in the Juan Tomas Open Space east of Albuquerque, south of Tijeras, near a pull-out on Oak Flat Road.
Gambel oak roots in the path was still a challenge, along with rocky outcrops and fixing outslope.
Continue reading “Juan Tomas Followup 2 2021”NMVFO joined staff from Albuquerque Open Space to continue building new trail on an as-yet-unnamed route in the Juan Tomas Open Space east of Albuquerque, south of Tijeras.
We were constructing trail through Gambel oak, and much of the day seemed to be devoted to digging out roots and stumps.
Continue reading “Juan Tomas Followup 1 2021”NMVFO returned again to Borrego Mesa for a one day project on Borrego Trail Saturday, with volunteers arriving Friday evening to car-camp and enjoy Dave & Rifka’s cooking. Most of us lopped Gambel oak in an old burn area as the trail descends from the trailhead down to the Rio Medio, while three hiked ahead as a sawyer crew with a Katanaboy 650 to remove large-diameter ponderosa deadfall from the trail.
