Question: Where is this photo of the semi-official Better Burque Staff Mascot “Colgi” taken? And why is it quite a bit easier to ride a road bike/skinny tires there these days?
Hint Photo:

Any ideas where photo #1 was taken? Any ideas why getting there is easier these days? No, it’s not because of the new paved stretch of the Corrales Drain, which the two riders in Photo #2 have just exited.
Answers?
Answers to the “above Earth surface arrow”?