SFNF News:

SANTA FE—Effective today, May 30, 2024, the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) is closing sections of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and areas of the Coyote Ranger District due to impacts from the Indios Fire.

The purpose of this Order is to protect public health, the safety of the general public, and the safety of all personnel working the fire.

The following areas are affected by the closure order:

• All National Forest System lands within the boundary of the Coyote Ranger District
  starting from the Continental Divide trail #298 at Highway 96 going north across Forest
  Road 77, through the Chama River Canyon Wilderness to Skull Bridge (Ojitos Trail head)
  on Forest Road 151;
• Forest Road 8 from the Forest Boundary and State Highway 96 north to the Chama
  River Wilderness boundary at Forest Road 8Z;
• Forest Road 77 from the Forest boundary and County Road 418 east to the Chama River
  Canyon Wilderness boundary; and
• The Chama River Canyon Wilderness south of Rio Gallina and south of Rio Chama
  Announcements will be made when the closed areas are reopened.

The closure order and map are posted on the SFNF website. To follow updates on the Indios Fire, visit the SFNF website, the SFNF X page, and the SFNF Facebook page.