<p class="speakable">Arizona Hot Springs and Goldstrike Trails announced they have closed multiple trails in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arizona-democrat-seek-abortion-learning-pregnancy-unviable" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Arizona’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area</a> following the death of one hiker and the rescue of 33 others over the course of two days.</p><p class="speakable">The social media post says the closure occurred due to dangerously high temperatures and multiple heat-related search and rescue incidents.</p><p>They say the canyons are expected to exceed 100°F, and many hikers are not "adequately prepared for these extreme conditions."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361088261112" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>2 MEN ACCUSED OF DAMAGING ANCIENT ROCK FORMATIONS AT LAKE MEAD FACE TRIAL | FOX NEWS VIDEO</strong></a></p><p>"With the season’s heat just beginning, most people are not yet acclimated, increasing the likelihood of heat illness," they said. "Yesterday, a hiker died on the Arizona Hot Springs Trail in what is suspected to be a heat-related incident. Five other members of the same group were also experiencing heat distress and required helicopter evacuation."</p><p>At the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DISMMCaS97v/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">time of the post</a>, rangers were actively responding to a large-scale rescue involving 28 hikers, three adults and 25 children with special needs.</p><p>Allegedly, the group attempted to reach Arizona Hot Springs without adequate preparation. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/feds-propose-management-plan-historic-recreation-area-nevada-arizona" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>FEDS PROPOSE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR HISTORIC RECREATION AREA IN NEVADA AND ARIZONA</strong></a></p><p>They also emphasized that with the conditions of the park there is a significant strain from these emergencies on park resources.</p><p>Currently, the park is to remain closed for the next several days and, depending on temperatures on Sunday and Monday, they may reopen temporarily.</p><p>"The trails may reopen temporarily, but closures will resume as conditions become hazardous again," according to Lake Mead National Recreation Area.</p><p>A press release on the site states that these trails "will close for the summer once day-to-day <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/heat-wave" rel="noopener" target="_blank">temperatures stay dangerously high</a>. These trails have a history of heat-related visitor rescues and, tragically, some fatalities as well. "</p><p>A letter sent to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/childrens-health" rel="noopener" target="_blank">parents of the children</a> involved by school administrator Catherine Normoyle argued the details of the post, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.</p><p>In the letter, the administrator says the hiking group consisted of 10 adults and 18 students, Normoyle said. Of which only three were identified as "special needs." </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p>Normoyle also wrote that the school received citations from park officials for "creating a hazardous condition" and for leading a group of over 20 people without a permit.</p><p>The park website states that for the latest closure updates and information on safer alternatives, visit www.nps.gov/lake.</p>