Wildfires force evacuations from Grand Canyon
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The NPS recommends avoiding hiking the Grand Canyon's inner trails between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when temperatures are at their peak. Temperatures in the inner canyon can reach over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, creating "extremely hazardous conditions for hikers," the NPS said.
A hiker has died on the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park while attempting to reach the Colorado River.
The mules are a part of a century-old Grand Canyon experience in which visitors ride into the canyon while admiring its vistas from the saddle. The park service keeps mules for transporting supplies into the canyon, but it's up to the concessionaires to run the daily rides and maintain the mules that carry visitors.
A 42-year-old Utah man has died after he fell while descending a mountainside in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana.
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