Calling all businesses, organizations and user groups: your trails need you!
Be a Hero! Adopt a Trail.
Recognizing that even the most sustainably built trails need regular maintenance, ECTA works with our agency partners to identify, train, and support community organizations who wish to Adopt a Trail. Through this program, ECTA empowers organizations to take an active stewardship role in protecting and maintaining our area trails.
What we ask
• Someone from your group, business or organization attends our annual Trail Master Training to learn the skills you need to effectively maintain our area trails.
• You agree to conduct two trail maintenance projects on your trail each year. We provide the tools, you bring the enthusiasm.
What you get
• Pride of giving back to your community.
• Trail signs publicly recognizing your service.
• Kudos on ECTA’s website and publications.
• Clean, well-maintained trails everyone can enjoy
Adopt-a-Trail Partners
Taos Mountain Bike Association
Adopted Trail: South Boundary Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2021
Volunteer Hours
Moreno Valley Trekkers
Adopted Trail: Elliot Barker Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2023
Volunteer Hours
Field Institute of Taos
Adopted Trail: Amole Canyon Trails
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2023
Volunteer Hours
Taos Community Foundation
Adopted Trail: Rio Grande del Rancho Trail 18
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Taos Mountain Outfitters – Taos
Adopted Trail: Wheeler Peak Summit Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
Pecos Saw Works
Adopted Trail: Placer Fork Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
The Saums
Adopted Trail: Italianos Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
PPC Solar
Adopted Trail: East Fork Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2023
Volunteer Hours
New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors
Adopted Trail: Santa Barbara Canyon
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2021
Volunteer Hours
Taos Trail Runners
Adopted Trail: San Cristobal Canyon Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Taos Ski Valley, Inc.
Adopted Trail: Williams Lake Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Taos Land Trust
Adopted Trail: Palo Flechado Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Burg
Adopted Trail: Middle Fork Lake Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Southwest Nordic Center
Adopted Trail: Wheeler Peak Trail #90
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
Spider
Adopted Trail: Deer Creek Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
Taos Professional Ski Patrol
Adopted Trail: Long Canyon
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2023
Volunteer Hours
Red Willow Hospice
Adopted Trail: Devisadero Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2023
Volunteer Hours
Brownrice Internet and TaosNet
Adopted Trail: Gavilan
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Taos Women’s Outdoor Adventurers
Adopted Trail: Yerba Canyon
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Friends of the Carson Trails
Adopted Trail: Manzanita Canyon Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2024
Volunteer Hours
Outside Outfitters
Adopted Trail: Lost Lake Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours
Wild Earth Llama Adventures
Adopted Trail: Columbine Canyon Trail
Agency: US Forest Service
Year Adopted: 2025
Volunteer Hours