The Del Norte Trails Organization (DNTO) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit Colorado registered corporation.  We are a loosely defined group of like-minded individuals who want sustainable world-class trail experiences in the San Luis Valley.  We work with and assist our partners from the USFS, the BLM, Volunteers for Outdoors Colorado, Southwest Conservation Corps, SLV Rattlers high school mountain bike team, 12 Hours of Penitence Mountain Bike Endurance Race, and local organizations in as many ways as we can.

We write grants; we help fund; and we show up and build trails. All our efforts are funded by tax deductible donations, which can be mailed to P.O. Box 309, Del Norte, CO 81132.

DNTO works with towns, counties and SLVGO to come up with cohesive plans to connect our region.  Our focus is non-motorized, purpose-built, single track trails connecting with the wealth of two track trails in the mountains that surround us.

In conjunction with partners, in 2020 we completed the recreation feature on the Rio Grande, as it winds through Del Norte.  Del Norte Trails Organization partnered with Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project, Trout Unlimited, NRCS, CU Denver, Riverbend Engineering, and the Town of Del Norte. To increase the scope of the project, Del Norte Trails Organization purchased 14 lots under and along The Rio Grande in the Town of Del Norte, which is now the Del Norte Riverfront Park, providing public amenities and access to the river.

In 2022, Del Norte Trails Organization is completing the original Del Norte Trails Masterplan and scheduling trail building crews to put in the upper trail connector on the west side of Lookout Mountain.