Help Build a Trail Where More People Can Ride Togther
The Santa Fe Fat Tire Society (SFFTS), in partnership with the City of Santa Fe, is working to create Santa Fe’s first adaptive and universal-access mountain bike trail at La Tierra—just 10 minutes from downtown Santa Fe. The 2-mile loop will be designed with adaptive riders and a range of mobility needs in mind, while creating a fun, meaningful riding experience for people of many ages and ability.
This isn’t simply about making a trail easier to access. It’s about creating a place where more people can ride together.
To accomplish this, we have a chance to unlock $62,000 in NM Outdoor Recreation funding, but we need our community to help close the final $10,000 match.
We’re Almost There
Already accounted for through volunteer labor, in-kind contributions, donations, and pledges
Still needed from our community to meet the grant match requirement.
As of 9/1/26 we have raised $7,500 towards this goal!
New Mexico Outdoor Recreation (ORD) Trails+ Matching Grant Opportunity
Your donation can help unlock a $62,000 matching grant for this project. With your donation in place, we’ll be ready to move forward if the grant is awarded — doubling the impact of your support and bringing this project one step closer to reality.
Join us for a screening of The Best Day Ever. This documentary follows adaptive mountain bikers Greg Durso and Allie Bianchi as they tackle the daily challenges of disability—and find joy, connection, and belonging in the mountain biking community. View movie trailer
Sky Cinema – Railyard @ 5:30
After party at Broken Spoke @ 6:30
Proceeds benefit the La Tierra Adaptive Trails Project.
Photos courtesty of Annikah Wade ©
Imagine a trail where adaptive riders, kids, parents, grandparents, and experienced mountain bikers can all enjoy the same ride.
That’s the vision for the La Tierra Adaptive Trails.
Phase 1 will connect existing and proposed trail segments to create approximately two miles of adaptive and universal-access mountain bike riding. Our primary goal is to open the outdoors to riders of every level and ability. By designing a trail that accommodates adaptive riders, we create a truly multi-generational asset—one where families and people with a wide range of physical, intellectual, neurological, and sensory abilities can ride together.
What Does Adaptive Mean?
Adaptive mountain bikes are specially designed three- and four-wheeled cycles that allow people who may not be able to ride a standard mountain bike — due to physical, intellectual, neurological, or sensory abilities — to experience the trail.
But the bike is only part of the equation. The trail itself needs to be designed with those riders in mind.
“I am confident that this trail will increase opportunities for riders of all ability levels to access the trails at La Tierra. As a staff member at the Adaptive Sports Program of NM, as well as an avid mountain biker, I’ve seen the financial impact of expanding trails and opportunities for inclusive outdoor recreation, with families prioritizing areas that offer accessible outdoor recreation when making their travel plans.”
— Bonnie Nuttall, OTR/L, Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico
To minimize environmental impact and maximize efficiency, Phase 1 blends new construction with smart restoration and use of an existing accessible trail in La Tierra:
“This project represents an important step toward broadening recreational access while further establishing Santa Fe as a premier outdoor recreation destination. Upon completion, the trail will serve as a model for other communities seeking to expand access to their trail systems.”
Here’s how your support directly impacts the trail
Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the joy of riding a mountain bike with family and friends. We have a chance to make that happen right here in Santa Fe—and we’re only $10,000 away from unlocking $62,000 to help build it.
Can’t give at one of these levels? Every DONATION helps us close the gap.
Your support can help make Santa Fe’s trail network truly accessible to everyone. By combining volunteer labor with professional adaptive-trail builders, we’re putting your contribution directly toward construction — turning your generosity into miles of trail where more people can ride, explore, and experience the outdoors together.
Your donation helps show that our community is behind this project—and helps us meet the required match for a $62,000 grant award.
Santa Fe Fat Tire Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Your donation helps provide the matching funds required for our grant from the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division. If the matching grant from NM ORD is not awarded in early January 2027 and the project does not proceed, your donation will be refunded. Refunds will be processed through PayPal within 180 days of the original donation.
BY MAIL
Checks payable to Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, 223 N. Guadalupe St., PMB 188, Santa Fe, NM 87501, C/O Adaptive Trails Project.
MAJOR GIFTS & SPONSORSHIPS
Checks For corporate partnerships or trail-naming opportunities contact Bill Roth at bill@santafefattiresociety.org.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Contact Bill Roth at bill@santafefattiresociety.org.