Cibola Trail Rangers (or CTR) is an email-based group of folks who frequent the trails in the Sandia Ranger District and are interested in exchanging information on trail conditions on a continuing basis. We find a variety of folks are interested: hikers, bikers, XC skiers, horsemen, Adopt a Trail owners… This is not a formal organization.
Important information about CTR
The email group is composed of both persons who frequent the trails and report potentially hazardous conditions such as trees across the trail, rock slides, broken or missing signs, graffiti, etc. as well as volunteers and Forest Service personnel who are trained and approved to take corrective action to alleviate a problem.
Any member of the group can report a problem by merely sending a message to the Cibola Trail Rangers email group thereby instantly informing other members of the problem in order to avoid it or take corrective action. Those taking corrective action are urged to report it, so others don’t make an unnecessary trip.
Another great use for the system is sharing information about snow and road conditions during the winter season.
The CTR Moderator must add your name in order to become a member of the group. (See here for details.) Messages are not moderated; i.e., anyone can send a message without a moderator’s approval. However, the Moderator will take corrective action if a person misuses the intent of the email group. The group currently numbers well over 100 persons.
To send a message to the members of this group, send an email to: ctr_members@mailman.swcp.com.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to info@friendsofthesandias.org.
CTR reports
Historically, reports of trail issues or work done by individual or small ad hoc groups of CTR members have not been archived although this work is vital to accomplishing FOSM’s mission. CTR members reported clearing 90 trees from trails in the first half of 2026⏤almost half by David Galbraith alone.
CTR reports for 2026 have been archived as pdf files. Perhaps, given enough time, reports from previous years will be added in the future.
Click here to access 2026 CTR reports in pdf format.
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