A visitor pulls into parking specifically designated for Firefall viewing in Yosemite Valley Friday, Feb 9, 2024 in Yosemite ...

The mountainside of Yosemite National Park will appear to catch fire later this month as the viral firefall ignites in one of California's most popular tourist destinations. Photographers from around ...

Summer online reservations for Yosemite National Park have been postponed for an indefinite time. No reservations are needed ...

The breath-taking 'waterfall of fire' is a trick of the light, that illuminates Yosemite’s Horsetail waterfall on clear February nights ...

For a few weeks every February, Yosemite National Park experiences a phenomenon that creates the illusion of a waterfall of flames. Dubbed the firefall, it takes place on the park's eastern side ...

This year, the chaos surrounding Firefall — and resulting damage to the area of the park where visitors gather to behold it — has some conservation-minded Yosemite tour guides opting out ...

That’s why the park started requiring reservations in 2021, according to National ... tips to taking the best photos. The original Yosemite firefall stemmed from Mountain House hotel owner ...

Two weather factors need to come together perfectly for the firefall to ignite. First, storms need to deliver rain and mountain snow to the Yosemite area leading up to Feb. 21 to feed Horsetail ...

The park began its reservations system in 2020 and the summer of 2021 because of the COVID ... especially in popular Yosemite Valley. Firefall is the nexus of that battle. The site has seen ...

Yosemite National Park's El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks with the Merced River on Feb. 1, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ...