The Pajarito Trails Initiative–AllTrails Partnership: Elevating Our Digital Trailscape

The Pajarito Plateau and the eastern Jemez Mountains form a world-class "mosaic" of trails spanning six different jurisdictions. While this landscape is spectacular, the digital information available to hikers, runners, and riders has often been fragmented. To solve this, Places & Spaces Los Alamos (PSLA) has launched a formal partnership with AllTrails.

As the leading free app for trail discovery and navigation, AllTrails is the go-to resource for thousands of our visitors and residents. Our partnership provides us with the access and tools needed to actively manage information appearing on the AllTrails platform. We hope to continuously improve the accuracy and utility of the information available to AllTrails users.

Through our Pajarito Trails Initiative, we are transforming the digital experience across the region:

• Auditing: We are comparing GIS trails data from across our jurisdictions—including Los Alamos County, Bandelier, Santa Fe National Forest, LANL, Pajarito Ski Mountain, and the Valles Caldera—with AllTrails to fix inaccuracies and remove "ghost trails" that can threaten fragile ecosystems.

• Verifying Every Route: We are working to ensure that trail names, the GPS track, and other information on the app matches our local signage and physical reality.

• Expert Local Knowledge: We are replacing generic descriptions with local expert insights.

• Curated, Themed "Top 5" Guides: We will be developing guides to help AllTrails users discover the best of our area, with tailored lists for many different interests.

By syncing the world’s most popular trail app with our local knowledge, our goal is to make our incredible outdoor culture more accessible and help AllTrails users to navigate our area with confidence.

We are seeking volunteers for this project.