Trail Conditions: Blog Posts and Bulletins
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Jack’s Creek Campground closed until June 2027. Panchuela Campground appears to still be closed, but may open soon – Last update October 5, 2026
Per this Santa Fe National Forest closure order, Jack’s Creek Campground is closed until June 15 of 2027 unless rescinded. Photo from 10/4/26 at the entrance road to Jack’s Creek Campground: Per the prior Forest Service notifications, these were going to be open on September 30th, but it seems the work on the water systems has been delayed. Panchuela Campground…
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Trail Report from QBall 9/21 to 9/27
Little tesuque creek bone dry 9/21 (This was before several days of heavy rain. It’s running fast now, 10/4)Big Tesuque creek was flowing wonderfully & deliciously on 9/21Winsor/Borrego/Tesuque Creek Field campsite was in great condition 9/21Water-South of Norski was flowing well on 9/22Water-Rio en Medio was flowing strong on 9/22Water- Nambe Creek. Beautiful water on 9/22Skyline /Windsor split campground is…
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Trail Conditions September 22, 2026
Frijoles Fire closure has ended The fire is at 15,956 acres and 81% containment as of September 22. All closures have been lifted. Check the Frijoles Facebook page for updates. Heavy rain expected in northern New Mexico for the next week “A dangerous surge of monsoon moisture will cross Tuesday through Thursday with heavy rainfall, scattered occurrences of flash flooding, and some river…
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Closures & access: Truchas — observed 08/30/2026
Frijoles Fire Community Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Truchas Community Center, 58 County Road 75.
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Water: La Cueva Field — observed 08/04/2026
Water in La Cueva creek, but you have to look under the bushes for pools.
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August 17 Trail Conditions Update
See the homepage for moment to moment updates. TL;DR: The SF2T has significant trail closures that prevent an end-to-end thru-hike until September 15. In other, drastically less urgent news from 8/16… The Frijoles Fire is 9,338 acres and is at 12% containment. Check for official updates here: https://www.Facebook.com/FrijolesFire or on Inciweb. Air quality readings have improved a lot recently, but…
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July 25 Trail Conditions Update
Update 8/12: There is confirmed water at La Cueva Field. Look in the undergrowth along the west side of the field. The creek is not actively running, but there are small pools of water. Update 8/6 3:30 pm: The Frijoles Fire has grown to 200 acres. That’s 20x what it was less than 24 hours ago, which means this is…
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Trail Conditions July 3rd – water and altitude sickness
Topics: Both forests are in Stage 2 Fire Restrictions until September 30th or until rescinded Water updates Altitude sickness I am getting word of or communicating with several hikers who have gotten altitude sickness and have had to get off trail. It tends to happen right around when people are at Santa Barbara Campground or have just left Santa Barbara…
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Trail conditions June 18th
A few highlights of recent developments: Water conditions Hikers wandering into private property I received a complaint from a property owner along the Camino Pequeno section about hikers wandering onto private property. Please stay on the trail corridor through this area. If hikers continue leaving the trail here, we may lose access to this lovely river walk and have to…
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Panchuela Campground is closed from May 4 to September 30th
See the October 5, 2026 update on this topic. Jack’s Creek Campground and Horsecamp is also closed until September 30th, as is the road to Jack’s Creek from Cowles. Per the Closure order: “The Described Road is in San Miguel County, north of Cowles, New Mexico, at the junction of New Mexico State Road 63 and NFS Road 555 starting…
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Trail conditions, May 8
Lower elevations are clear, but at least one section of trail is still dangerous enough that most hikers won’t be comfortable with it. Might be cleared by late next week. Water sources are fine, but water flows are at critically low levels for this time of year.
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Trail conditions, April 5
Fire conditions Santa Fe National Forest has been put under Stage 1 fire restrictions. These are effective until September 30th. Stage 1 means: I greatly appreciate the SFNF doing this. It’s a big relief. Carson National Forest has no such restrictions yet, but I hope they will implement them soon. There’s a good article in the Taos News about fire…
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Trail Conditions March 22, 2026
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about when the snowpack will be cleared enough to do the trail. Unfortunately, it will be much sooner than normal. As outlined in the FAQs and elsewhere, normally the season for the SF2T Trail would be from June 1st until about mid October. But this year? Let’s toss “normally” from our vocabulary. And…