Post Covid NPS 'reopenings'

[hikeaz]

Ajo, AZ – The National Park Service is announcing that 11 national park units in Southern Arizona will resume additional visitor services in October, including Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Visitor centers in each location will resume information and orientation services in outdoor spaces and provide limited service inside the buildings, with mitigations in place for visitor and staff safety..The Kris Eggle Visitor Center, at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, reopend with modified schedule and access on October 1, 2020. Hours are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday-Monday and closed on Tuesday/Wednesday until further notice. Occupancy will be limited to 10 people, including staff. Information and literature is available outside visitor center entrance to serve visitors on days the visitor center is closed. Campgrounds in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument are tentatively scheduled to reopen on October 18th and Chiricahua National Monuments will tentatively reopen in October.
You can check the respective park's website for updates, but we know how THAT goes.

[SuperstitionGuy]

You can check the respective park's website for updates, but we know how THAT goes.

We would be wise to wait for the official notice from a HAZ member that has been there.

[Alston_Neal]

Along the same lines, what about the Cholla TH/Invergordon closure?

[cactuscat]

I've had reservations for next week at Bonita Canyon for a while now ... when they didn't cancel/refund a few weeks out (like they have all the others), I knew the reopening was coming. Will be nice to be one of the first to use the campground after so many months closed!

[skillpore]

The ranger I talked to said the closures/ restrictions will remain until oct 31.

[cactuscat]

@skillpore
Following guidance from the CDC in consultation with National Park Service Public Health Offices, Chiricahua National Monument has modified visitor services. Until further notice:

The Visitor Center will remain closed through October 4, 2020. Park maps, hiking guides, and other information are available outside the Visitor Center.
The Visitor Center will open on October 5, 2020. The VC will be open 7 days a week, 8:30-4:30.
Bonita Canyon Campground is open. Reservations can be made through recreation.gov.

[skillpore]

@Alston_Neal
Cholla closed, tried to get up there last month. I live close to camelback on the cholla side.
https://www.phoenix.gov/parks/trails/lo ... k-mountain

[cactuscat]

Navajo Nation Parks closed for the rest of 2020.