EVENT: Spring Kickoff Party at Hidden Mountain Brewing

We are excited to announce a fun collaboration between the SFFTS, The Broken Spoke, and Hidden Mountain Brewing: The Broken Spoke Pilsner. Board members and Kyle helped out head brewer Paul of Hidden Mountain and Wayne of The Broken Spoke brew a mountain biking inspired beer. To launch this new beer, Hidden Mountain is hosting […]

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Share the Love

During the pandemic the popularity of mountain biking has exploded. And with the flood of new users, trail usage has increased dramatically. The combination of lots of new riders and congested trails can result in conflicts, in some cases resulting in trail closures or exclusion of mountain bikes. Here’s a recent example. Want to be […]

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Why join your local mountain bike club?

Do you love the Santa Fe MTB scene? Ever wonder why we have so many awesome options for riding? You may not realize that most trail building and maintenance is done by volunteer organizations like the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society. If you’re not already a member, here are five reasons to join now. In […]

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How We Build Trails, From Planning to Riding

Our Trails Santa Fe is blessed with a wide variety of trails for hiking, running, mountain biking and horseback riding. From the iconic Winsor to more recent developments like Glorieta Camps, they are invaluable assets for locals and visitors alike. Although many may take them for granted, most trails are the result of a lot […]

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Sawyers

Ever been riding completely in the ‘zone’, skirting past the trees, catching the glinting sunlight, and listening to your freehub whiz only to be snapped from your moment of Zen by a downed tree blocking your path? Yeah, we hate that too. As the trail adopters for the Forest Service, the Fat Tire Society has […]

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Nambe Badlands

The area called Sombrillo BLM Lands is commonly referred to as the Nambe Badlands. Total acreage is over 10,000 acres and includes the Santa Cruz Lake. The area is bordered on the East Side by the National Forest, the South side by the Nambe Pueblo Grant Reservation, on the North side is Chimayo and to […]

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