Canada Rincon Trail Is Finished. Ribbon cutting on (oops) Friday.

 

From the city press release: The ribbon cutting for the Canada Rincon Trail will take place on Friday, February 14 at 11 a.m. at 1597 Avenida Rincon (intersection of Avenida Rincon and Canada Rincon Trail). Mayor Webber, Councilors Castro and Lindell, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Chair and members, Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization (SFMPO), Parks, and The Reserve Condominium Board Members are expected to be in attendance. Refreshments will be provided.

 This little trail segment opens up Calle Mejia as a way to get past the gated community at the north end of Calle Mejia and continue north into a great deal of bicycle friendly roads to the N and W of the city, including the roads around Tano and connections out to Las Campanas. Of course it also means those living north of the gated community can use the trail to connect to the city via Calle Mejia riding south.

 To get there from the south, proceed to the intersection of Alamo Drive and Calle Mejia, just a few feet west of the intersection of Alamo Drive and US 84/285 (St. Francis Drive). Head north on Calle Mejia, past The Lodge at Santa Fe. Eventually you will get to a gate at The Reserve at Santa Fe, a condo association. This gated community used to make Mejia an effective dead end. 

Blue line approximates the road to Canada Rincon Trail from Alamo Drive

 Just as you arrive at the gated community, look to the right of the little traffic circle and there is the South end of the Canada Rincon Trail.

Little traffic circle and condo gates dead ahead. Canada Rincon trail end to your right.

The Trail loops to the right of the condo association and lets you get up to Camino Francesca and beyond. Those cyclists riding south can catch the trail a few yards east of where Camino Francesca hits that t-intersection where Camino Francesca and Avenida Rincon come together. See below. Blue pencil line is approximately where the trail loops around the condos.

 When I clicked the link on the city press release for "1597 Avenida Rincon" it put me over by the NM 599 overpass. But that's nowhere near the trail. But at any rate, the north end of the trail is near the t-intersection below.

Approximate location of the trail as it bypasses the gated community

Nice, wide paved trail