Trail Closures & More

From the City of Santa Fe Fire Chief:

Trial closures are being implemented by the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and the Forest Service due to the ongoing wildland fires surrounding the City. These fires are posing significant risk to the public and are limiting availability of resources.

The following City trails will be closed immediately until further notice:

Dale Ball Trail
Nature Conservancy Trail
Dorothy Stewart Trail
Atalaya Trail

The following County trails will be closed immediately until further notice:

Rio En Medio Open Space
Little Tesuque Creek Open Space
Lamy Park
Dale Ball Trail at Talaya Hill Open Space

The following Forest Service trails will be closed immediately until further notice:

TR 183 (Chamisa Trail head)
TR 254 (Winsor Trail head)
TR 163 (Rio en Medio Trail head)
TR 160 (Rio Nambe Trail head)
TR 154 (Rio Frijoles Trail head)
TR 150 (Borrego Trail head)
TR 155 (Rio Medio Trail bead)
TR 153 (Dome Trail head)
TR 257 (Jacks Creek Trail head)
TR 288 (Panchuela Trail head)
TR 254 (Cowles Trail head)
TR 283 (Holy Ghost Trail head)

Additionally, in order to preserve lives and property during these emergency conditions, the City of Santa Fe Fire Department prohibited the following activities in April and they will remain in place until further notice:

• All open burning, including camp fires, bonfires, pit barbecues, and the burning of weeds, trash, or other vegetation.


• The use of charcoal barbecue grills in public parks and recreation areas.


• Smoking in public parks, recreation areas, or on any public trail.


• The use of any motorized ATV’s or motorcycles on City owned open space, parks, trails, or other recreational areas.

Penalties for violating these restrictions may include fines up to $500 and/or up to 90 days in jail as specified in SFCC 1-3.1(A).

Charcoal barbecuing at home will be permitted providing the fire is closely monitored and fire-extinguishing equipment, such as a garden hose or fire extinguisher, is readily available. Currently, all burn permit requests are being rejected until weather conditions improve and the fire danger has been reduced significantly.

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Weekend!

Fire Information Contacts

Today is Day 7 of the Pacheco Canyon Fire. Many in our community are directly threatened by this wildfire, and it's important for us all to stay informed about its progress.

The following resources are available for you to get all the information about fire conditions in the Santa Fe National Forest:

Forest Fire Management Hotline: 1-877-971-FIRE
Pacheco Fire Information Center: 505-473-3760. Open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Pacheco Fire Website: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2344/. (Updates, maps and photos available here!)
Santa Fe National Forest Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe
NM Fire Information Website: http://www.nmfireinfo.com/
Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SantafeNF
To receive daily updates about active wildfires, please call Lawrence Lujan at 505-438-5321 or e-mail him at lmlujan@fs.fed.us to be added to our contact list.

For more smoke information and air quality forecasts, please visit the New Mexico Environment Department’s website at: http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/WildfireSmokeResources.htm.

Other websites with useful information concerning smoke are: http://smoke.airfire.org/sw-outlook, http://smoke.airfire.org/sw-outlook/map, http://smoke.airfire.org/sw-monitoring.

Road and Fire Area Closure: New Mexico Route 475, also known as Hyde Park Road, and Artist Road are closed at mile post 9, at the Forest boundary. Forest Service Road 102 to Pacheco Road is also closed.

A Fire Area Closure has been enacted. Review it at: www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/conditions/index.html
Open and active: Communities in and around the Santa Fe National Forest remain open and accessible including Tesuque, Nambe, Santa Fe, and Pecos (including the Highway 63 corridor).

Fire Restrictions: The entire Santa Fe National Forest, encompassing 1.6 million acres, is under Stage II fire restrictions due to severe drought conditions and extreme fire danger. The Santa Fe National Forest includes National Forest System lands near Jemez, Cuba, Coyote, Gallina, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Espanola, Pecos, Las Vegas and Mora. Under Stage II fire restrictions, campfires, smoking, explosives, fireworks, welding and driving off road are not allowed. Chainsaw use is not allowed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Internal and external combustion engines must have properly installed, maintained and effective spark arresters. For a copy of the Stage II fire restriction order, please visit: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/.

The Santa Fe National Forest will be implementing Stage III Fire Restrictions across the Forest beginning today, Friday, June 24th. Stage III Fire Restrictions will restrict access to/use of certain parts of the Forest, yet there will be recreational opportunities available. A detailed list of areas that will be off limits (restricted) and areas that will remain OPEN will be available sometime today. Open areas will remain under Stage II restrictions.

Additional information, maps and photos may be found at: http://www.inciweb.org/