This small waterfall usually flows only during winter and is easy to miss,” the National Park Service said on its website.

With no reservations required for Yosemite's Firefall this year, overcrowding is likely. Here’s how to see Firefall, where to ...

Expect busy Yosemite National Park for 'firefall' viewing ...

Exactly when the Firefall appears changes from year to year. In 2026, expect to see the Firefall on clear evenings between February 15 and February 26, 2026. This year, the peak times for viewing will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yosemite National Park won’t require reservations in 2026 for visitors hoping to see one of its most famous natural spectacles.

From catching Yosemite’s Firefall to biking a car-free Going-to-the-Sun Road, these national park experiences only happen ...

Yosemite National Park won’t require reservations in 2026 for visitors hoping to see one of its most famous natural spectacles. For the last three years, the popular California park has required ...

Yosemite National Park visitors hoping to see the park’s famous “Firefall” will not need a reservation this year, after park officials ended the special entry requirement that had been in place during ...

Yosemite's firefall — the winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water that has drawn growing crowds to the national park's Horsetail Falls — will be different this year. At least for those hoping ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A rare phenomenon draws crowds to Yosemite National Park each February, and this year, reservations will not be required during these peak visit times. From mid to ...

Uncertainty grows as national parks rethink reservations.