With temperatures in Phoenix already reaching triple-digits twice in 2025, the city is being proactive by updating its Trail Heat Safety Program to keep hikers safe.

For the 2025 summer, the City of Phoenix is expanding its trail closures on days where there is an excessive heat warning. Since 2021, trails at Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak have had ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The city of Phoenix is one step closer to implementing new rules for closing hiking trails at South Mountain Park /Preserve during extreme heat. The Phoenix Parks and ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix leaders are considering closing fewer hiking trails during the extreme heat. The city’s Parks and Recreation Board will discuss two options for South Mountain Park ...

A man is dead after being rescued from a popular Phoenix mountain hiking trail earlier this week. Reports of a hiker “experiencing a medical emergency" were first called in to the local fire ...

Phoenix Fire officials say a man is in extremely critical condition after he suffered a medical emergency along Echo Canyon Trail. Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson fires off faithful message ...

The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board voted to close only the three most difficult South Mountain trails during heat warnings, a reversal from its previous decision to close all trails.

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Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously to close four trails on South Mountain on days the NWS issues an extreme heat warning. The board chose to make the decision to help protect ...