Recording of the Q&A and guidebook launch event at Travel Bug on May 31st

TIMESTAMPS:

1:30 Start of the presentation “The most common questions about the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike”
3:13 What’s a thru-hike?
3:25 How long does it take to do the thru-hike?
5:05 How much water is on the route?
8:39 When is the best time to go?
10:20 What are the trail conditions like?
13:37 About the weather and the altitude
14:56 How fit do I need to be to do the thru-hike?
15:35 What gear do I need?
16:27 What resupply options are there?
19:51 end of prepared Q&A part of the presentation

19:51 About the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike as an organization
22:25 Me asking if there is any interest in guided hikes. Please email me (contact@santafetotaos.org) if you are interested.

23:27 Beginning of audience questions
23:30 How do you get back to your car if you start at Santa Barbara?
25:48 Adding the route to the popular hiking apps
26:47 What’s the fastest finish time?
27:42 Is the trail marked?
28:00 Is there a route for biking?
29:23 Is there any cellphone coverage?
29:50 Can you take your dog the whole way?
30:31 Which direction has the lesser elevation?
31:28 Could you describe the route? (Lots of people really liked this part, and it was fun. Especially the bit about the bedspring.)
44:40 Are there any places you have to ford? (Walk through a stream/river)
45:06 How many times have I done the thru-hike
45:30 Are there sections that are good for skiing?
46:43 What is the national map?

UPCOMING EVENT

Drop by the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike’s table on Sunday June 15th, 1 – 5 pm, at Nuckolls Brewery in Santa Fe for the National Forest Week celebration.

Sponsored by the National Forest Foundation. More info about National Forest Week in Santa Fe is here.

Come get your copy of the new guidebook (get it signed!), get SF2T merch, get your questions about the thru-hike answered, and more.


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The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike goes from the Santa Fe Plaza all the way to Taos Plaza over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. It is 132 miles long, spans four counties – Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Mora, and Taos – and crosses the Santa Fe National Forest, The Pecos Wilderness, and Carson National Forest.

Maps and route

See Gaia GPS maps documenting every step of the thru-hike. A complete zipped GPX file of the route is here. Or see the route page and individual section pages for details on the route and turn-by-turn directions for the route.

Plaza to Plaza in 52 photographs

Each photograph is from one of the 50 subsections that make up the route.

Santa Fe Plaza
Enchanted Small Falls along the Santa Fe River Trail
Along the Santa Fe River corridor trail, Section 1-2 of the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike
Chasing Dreams abandoned car in Arroyo Polay
View from Little Tesuque Trail, Section 1-4.
oaks in Juan Canyon, Section 1-5
S1-6 Winsor Trail and Big Tesuque Creek
Along Winsor Trail, Section 1-7
Along Winsor Trail, Section 1-7
S1-9 Going up Winsor Trail
S2-1 Be Here Now sign going up Winsor Trail
S2-1 Be Here Now sign going up Winsor Trail
View of Truchas Peaks from the saddle en route to Lake Katherine, Section s2-3
Lake Katherine in the Pecos Wilderness, Section 2-4
S2-5 New views along Skyline Trail
S2-6 Coming down Cave Creek Trail
S2-7 End of the climb up Dockweiler Trail
Dockweiler Trail
S2-9 Pecos Baldy Lake
S3-1 Trailriders Wall
S3-2 Skyline Trail
S3-3 Lower Truchas Lake
S3-4 Santa Barbara Divide
S3-5 Middle Fork Trail with Truchas Peaks in the distance
S3-6 Rio Santa Barbara
S4-1 Indian Canyon
S4-2 Trail up to Ripley Point
S4-2 Trail up to Ripley Point
S4-4, Comales Trail
S4-5 Rio del Pueblo
S4-6 Interpretive trail off Rt 518
s4-7 La Cueva Field
S4-8 view from La Cueva Cutoff Trail
s4-9 View from Forest Road 442
S5-1 view from Forest Road 442
S5-2 view from FR 442 after the burn
s5-3 intersection of Forest Road 440 and the connector
S5-4 Forest track along the connector
S5-5 Forest Road 438
s5-6 Bernardin Lake
S5-7 Forest Road 478
S6-1 Rio Chiquito Bridge
S6-2 Forest Road 437
S6-3 Forest Road 437
S6-4 Entrance to Drake Canyon
S6-5 view of Taos Mountains from unnamed trail
S6-6 El Nogal
S6-7 view from Kit Carson Road
Taos Plaza
Santa Fe Plaza
S1-3 Chasing Dreams beyond Arroyo Polay Trailhead
View from Little Tesuque Trail, Section 1-4
oaks in Juan Canyon, Section 1-5
S1-6 Winsor Trail and Big Tesuque Creek
Section 1-7 Along Winsor Trail
Section 1-8 Field near Winsor / Borrego intersection
S1-9 Going up Winsor Trail
S2-1 Be Here Now sign off Winsor Trail
Section 2-2 Climbing toward Puerto Nambe on Winsor Trail
Section S2-3 View of Truchas Peaks from the saddle en route to Lake Katherine
S2-5 New views along Skyline Trail
S2-6 Coming down Cave Creek Trail
S2-7 End of the climb up Dockweiler Trail
2-8 Dockweiler Trail toward Rito Perro
S3-1 Trailrider’s Wall
S3-3 Lower Truchas Lake
S3-4 Santa Barbara Divide
S4-2 Trail up to Ripley Point
S4-3 Jicarita Peak from Ripley Point
S4-6 Interpretive trail off Rt 518
S4-8 view from La Cueva Cutoff Trail
s4-9 View from Forest Road 442
s5-1 View from Forest Road 442 before burn
s5-2 View from Forest Road 442 after burn
S5-3 intersection of Forest Road 440 and the connector
S5-4 Forest track along the connector
S6-1 Rio Chiquito Bridge
S6-4 Entrance to Drake Canyon
S6-5 view of Taos Mountains from unnamed trail
S6-7 view from Kit Carson Road
Taos Plaza
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