Mountain Trail Heat Closures and Rescues

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.

• What: closure of certain mountain trails on excessive heat warning days and the resulting rescues.
• Where it stands: reported October 7: 47 warning days and 12 mountain rescues on those days, down from 18 in 2025; an advocate asked for harder closures and cost recovery.

Sources

• 2026-10-07 - Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee (video of the October 7 meeting, auto-captions)

Log

• 2026-10-07 - Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee - The chair requested citywide rescue data for non-restricted mountains.