Azores trail closures
Which of the official PR walking routes are open, restricted or closed right now.
32 classified trails: 7 closed, none with restrictions, 25 fully open.
The PR routes are the signposted, maintained trilhos that the regional government has classified. The regional environment department closes them after storms, fires and landslides and reopens them once the path has been cleared and checked, so a route that was fine last month can be shut this week. The list below mirrors the official status page once a day.
Closed(7)
Do not walk these. The closure is enforced and the path may be blocked or washed away.
- PR11 SMITrail page
Ribeira do Faial da Terra · 6 km one way · 2 h
- PR17 SMITrail page
Nascentes de Santo António · 2.8 km one way · 1 h 30 min
- PRC33 SMITrail pageAtalho dos VermelhosClosed
Atalho dos Vermelhos · 5.4 km one way · 2 h
- PRC36 SMITrail pagePedra Queimada - DegredoClosed
Pedra Queimada - Degredo · 6.4 km one way · 2 h 30 min
- PR41 SMITrail page
Rota da Água-Pedras Brancas · 5.2 km one way · 2 h
- PR42 SMITrail page
Rota da Água - Entre Túneis e Condutas · 15.1 km one way · 5 h
Status since October 15, 2026
- PRC44 SMITrail pagePico da PraiaClosed
Pico da Praia · 8.9 km one way · 2 h 30 min
Open(25)
Cleared for walking. Weather can still change that on the day.
- PR01 SMITrail page
Vigia de São Pedro · 6 km one way · 2 h
- Trail page
Lagoa do Fogo · 10.2 km one way · 4 h
- Trail page
Vista do Rei · 7.5 km one way · 2 h
- Trail page
- Trail page
Serra Devassa · 9.1 km one way · 3 h 30 min
- Trail page
Lagoa das Furnas · 9.4 km one way · 3 h
- Trail page
Pico da Vara · 7.3 km one way · 3 h
- Trail page
Sanguinho · 4.6 km one way · 2 h
- PR12 SMITrail pageAgriãoOpen
Agrião · 7.1 km one way · 3 h
- PRC13 SMITrail pageÁgua RetortaOpen
Água Retorta · 5.1 km one way · 2 h
- PR18 SMITrail pageVigia da BaleiaOpen
Vigia da Baleia · 7 km one way · 3 h
- Trail page
Rocha da Relva · 5.6 km one way · 3 h
- PR21 SMITrail page
Padrão Alminhas/Salto da Farinha · 4.3 km one way · 2 h
- PR27 SMITrail pagePraia da ViolaOpen
Praia da Viola · 4.9 km one way · 2 h
- Trail page
Chá Gorreana · 3.3 km one way · 1 h 30 min
- Trail page
Caldeiras da Ribeira Grande - Salto do Cabrito · 8.6 km one way · 3 h
- PRC31 SMITrail pageLomba da FazendaOpen
Lomba da Fazenda · 6 km one way · 2 h 30 min
- PRC35 SMITrail page
Moinhos da Ribeira Funda · 3.2 km one way · 2 h
- PRC37 SMITrail page
Rota da Água - Janela do Inferno · 7.6 km one way · 2 h 30 min
- PRC38 SMITrail pageLomba d’El-ReiOpen
Lomba d’El-Rei · 4.3 km one way · 2 h
- PR39 SMITrail page
Quatro Fábricas de Luz · 2.1 km one way · 1 h 30 min
Status since October 24, 2026
- PRC40 SMITrail page
Quatro Caminhos do Faial da Terra · 7.4 km one way · 3 h
- Trail page
Pico das Camarinhas - Ponta da Ferraria · 3.6 km one way · 2 h 30 min
- PRC46 SMITrail pageFajã do MarOpen
- PRC48 SMITrail page
Vinhas de São Caetano · 3.4 km one way · 1 h 30 min
