Wildfire Recovery

North Rim overlook with cordoned lodge ruins and HOST on a lime scooter reviewing a recovery clipboard

Dragon Bravo Fire North Rim recovery (2025–2026)

What the July 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire destroyed on the North Rim, what BAER found, and what partial reopen looked like in the 2026 season.

Labeled cutaway diagram of Roaring Springs feeding two pipelines, one gravity-fed south to the South Rim and one pumped north up to North Rim water tanks

North Rim Water Infrastructure — Roaring Springs, the Pipeline, and the 2025 Fire

The North Rim’s water comes from Roaring Springs via a 1960s pipeline. A 2025 wildfire destroyed the treatment plant; potable water is still out in 2026.