Grand Canyon hotels closed while ‘crucial’ measures taken to ‘ensure safety and sustainability’

Sheetal Kumar Nehra December 4, 2025Last Updated: December 4, 2025

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Grand Canyon hotels closed while ‘crucial’ measures taken to ‘ensure safety and sustainability’ — Hotel accommodations near Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim will not be made possible for the foreseeable future due to several water main breaks across the park. Getty Images

Starting Saturday, anyone planning to stay on the “South Rim” of Grand Canyon National Park will need to book lodging elsewhere, because several breaks in the park’s main waterpipe will keep the water line from operating for the foreseeable future.

The park announced the cut‑back on Tuesday, noting that no water is currently being pumped to the “South Rim.” The 12.5‑mile Transcanyon Waterline has been unreliable all year, prompting a string of restrictions. Over Labor Day weekend, a series of main‑breaks forced the line off‑line, prompting hotels to close.

During the repair work, the park said that dry camping will be necessary. It stressed that these measures are essential for protecting water resources and wants to bring the rim back to full service as soon as possible.

Built in the 1960s, the Transcanyon Waterline is past its expected lifespan, which explains its frequent failures. The park has also put a blanket ban on all fires in the “South Rim” and inner‑canyon areas.

This comes after the Dragon Bravo Fire, which raged for three months beginning July 4 and destroyed or damaged nearly half of the structures on the “North Rim.” The “North Rim” was shut early for the season on Nov. 14 and, dependent on weather and other factors, will stay closed to the public until at least May 15, 2026. Fire‑damaged trees, unstable ground and loose debris continue to pose significant safety risks on the rim, along the North Kaibab Trail and all North Rim roads, the park explained.

A National Park Service project to rehabilitate the Transcanyon Waterline started in 2023, with the work slated to finish in 2027. The park has yet to give a precise timeline for when overnight accommodations on the “South Rim” will reopen.

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