Hiking safety

Heat is up but trail rescues down in Phoenix

Committee members consider how to get heat safety message to out-of-towners as well

Hikers go on a park ranger-led hike, one of the hiking safety educational efforts by the Phoenix Parks Department. (Courtesy city of Phoenix)

Despite hotter summers, fewer hikers have required rescuing from Phoenix trails in recent years.

The city’s Parks Department credits that to the city closing trails on the two most dangerous mountains during days when the National Weather Service issues an Excessive Heat Warning.

While overall trail rescues are down, members of a Phoenix Parks committee suggested the city could do more to get hiking safety messages to out-of-town visitors.

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