This metro Phoenix peak famous for its hiking is named after the first Native American woman to die while serving overseas in ...

Spring has sprung, and so has Phoenix New Times‘ spring ... You really can’t go wrong hiking South Mountain with a dog. We particularly like the trails along the east side of the mountain.

If it's "extremely hot," don't expect Phoenix trails to stay open. Three popular hiking areas in the Valley will be closed on days when the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat ...

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 Parks and Recreation Board members have reversed their decision to close all South Mountain trails during heat warning days and scrapped a proposal to restrict hiking on days forecast to ...

Last summer, hiking trails in Phoenix were closed for 45 days total due to heat warnings. Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett ...

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Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously ... "That is part of what we want. We look at hiking trails before," she said. She said if the trails closed, they wouldn't visit.

The rescues prompted officials to close both the Arizona Hot Springs Trail and Goldstike Trails. “With the season’s heat just beginning, most people are not yet acclimated, increasing the ...

The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's cinnamon-red buttes, and numerous hiking trails – like the Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert and the Harriet K.