Each day, just before sunset, Horsetail Fall on the eastern edge of El Capitan gets a back-lit glow, seemingly transforming ...

Screenshot of a Yosemite Valley map. The El Capitan Picnic Area, pictured at left, is a popular place for viewing the “firefall” phenomenon that happens to Horsetail Fall. Visitors can park ...

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

The number of visitors on weekends can number in the low thousands. Firefall reservations are designed to limit erosion and ...

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