SF2T (Santa Fe to Taos) thruhike prep meeting and kinda monthly meet and greet

The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike goes from the Santa Fe Plaza all the way to Taos Plaza over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. It is 132 miles long, spans four counties – Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Mora, and Taos – and crosses the Santa Fe National Forest, The Pecos Wilderness, and Carson National Forest. The full route has 35,000 feet of cumulative ascent and descent, as both plazas are at 7,000 feet elevation.

The route is over ten years in the making, scouted and refined by Pam Neely beginning around 2014, and then first completed as a thru-hike in 2018. It has been refined several times to optimize safety and access to water. It is still being refined, with a new alternate route to be announced later this year.

I'm going to be hiking this trail July and if you want to be a part or are just curious about it, or hell, you just wanna hang out with backpackers. I'll be at the Cornish Pasty Co. I plan on talking about thru hiking, esp. with a group. The pros and cons as well as the training, both physical and mental required to tackle the larger trips.

Hope to see you there!