The Grand Canyon is hot this week.
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Take this advice and join in: The National Park Service warns travelers to the Grand Canyon that it is so hot this week that even your shoes could turn you on. In a tweet sent out on Monday, the NPS branch in the Grand Canyon shared a photo of worn shoes with peeling soles.
“The Grand Canyon is an unforgiving environment,” warned the tweet. “The heat in the canyon can cause shoes to fall apart and heavy hiking boots to trap sweat and cause painful blisters. Before you go hiking, you should know the limits of yourself and your equipment.”
The Grand Canyon is an unforgiving environment. The heat in the canyon can cause shoes to fall apart, and heavy hiking shoes can trap sweat and cause painful blisters. Before you go on a hike, you should know the limits of yourself and your equipment. https://t.co/PLebJv4uTz pic.twitter.com/fvB4DgHcl2
– Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) June 22, 2020
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for Grand Canyon Country on Wednesday. The news warned travelers that the area was exposed to “dangerous hot conditions with high temperatures of 105 to 113 degrees below 4000 feet”. While these temperatures sound like a normal summer day to some in the southwest, visitors to the Grand Canyon are often not used to the heat and are not properly prepared.
The national weather service in Flagstaff has tweeted that temperatures should cool on Thursday.
The National Park Service website for the Grand Canyon National Park advises that park rangers respond to heat-exhausted hikers every day in summer.