LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Trails that closed through the Dragon Bravo Hearth on the Grand Canyon have been reopened on Wednesday as smoke continues to disperse.
Parts of the South Kaibab Path, the Tonto Path and the Vibrant Angel Path at the moment are open following important enhancements in air high quality within the internal canyon over the previous week, Grand Canyon Nationwide Park officers introduced.
South Kaibab Path is open from the South Kaibab Trailhead to Tipoff.
Tonto Path is open from Tipoff to Havasupai Gardens.
Vibrant Angel Path is open from the Vibrant Angel Trailhead to Pipe Creek Resthouse.
The Nationwide Park Service supplied a dawn photograph taken in the present day from the South Rim.
A view of the South Kaibab Path as seen from Yavapai Level on Aug. 20, 2025. (NPS Photograph/J. Baird)
In depth injury from the fireplace will take years to beat. The historic Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim was one in every of 70 constructions destroyed within the hearth. The North Rim Customer Heart and lots of visitor cabins have been misplaced.
As of Wednesday, the fireplace has burned 142,974 acres because it began on July 4. It is the most important wildfire presently burning within the nation.
“The park is currently focused on emergency stabilization to protect remaining infrastructure and natural resources. Planning is underway for the recovery and rebuilding of visitor facilities, including the Grand Canyon Lodge, although this process will take time,” in line with an announcement on the Grand Canyon’s web site.
Phantom Ranch and Vibrant Angel Campground should not anticipated to reopen till Nov. 1, in line with a information launch. Officers are involved about greater dangers of flash flooding after in depth hearth injury to the Vibrant Angel Creek watershed, and security measures are being put into place earlier than the opening. New flood detection and warning techniques, evacuation planning and customer data are priorities.
Freeway 67 and the North Kaibab Path are closed “for the foreseeable future,” the information launch mentioned.
New air high quality displays have been put in at Phantom Ranch, Havasupai Gardens and Tipoff.
The River Path from Pipe Creek to the South Kaibab Path junction stays closed by means of October as work continues on the Transcanyon Waterline Venture. A Nov. 1 reopening is anticipated, and the Silver Bridge will stay closed by means of Nov. 26.
