TRAILS CLOSED TO OHVS

Areas ordered closed to motorized vehicles by the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains and resulting enforcement problems. Information provided by the Santa Fe National Forest staff.

Los Utes Road No. 288

Closed since November 1992 year-round, no motor vehicles except snowmobiles and wheeled/tracked vehicle.

The closure is only for a part of the road where the topography narrows into a steep-walled canyon. Few problems with this closure until last year when the gate was damaged, and it took a long while to repair it.

Obsidian Ridge Road 287

Closed September 1992 year-round, no motor vehicles on or off Forest Road 287 and Trail 114.

There is a large locked gate that enforces the closure. Few problems with violations. Every hunting season, this gate is opened for a couple weeks upon request from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

Forest Roads 144, 376, 10, 268, 289, 378, 269

Closed January 1994 during the winter months from December to May, except to snowmobiles. Winter closures on these roads are "generally" enforced.

Medio Dia Canyon Trail

Closed year round to motor vehicles since November 1990.

This closure has been enforced to the best of our ability. Motorized vehicle trespass occurs here pretty regularly, and the gates are often vandalized or torn out. We regularly work with volunteers to monitor the condition of the gates here and have been more successful at keeping this area closed over the past two years.

Cochiti Canyon Road

Portion of Forest Road 89 closed in winter from December to April to motor vehicles since December 1988.

ATV trespass during the closure has been a problem in recent years.

Peralta Ridge Electric Site, Road 281

Year-round closure to motor vehicles since September 1984.

There is a closed and locked gate on this road, but motorcycles and ATVs have been going around it for years. There are regular efforts to pull out the gate, and the gate is vandalized and then repaired often. Several user-created trails have been proposed during the travel management process, showing this road is used as a key connector route.