Here's all there is to know about Yosemite's Firefall. Avoid the crowds at popular areas like Half Dome and Yosemite Falls with these seven secret spots in Yosemite National Park Before jumping ...

The short film by Carl Boenish that documents the flight carried out by Rich Piccirilli, Jim Hanbury and Brian Johnson from Half Dome (Yosemite) that marked a pivotal moment in the history of BASE ...

Matthew Stewart started an adventure climbing Half Dome in Yosemite in 2023 just like many fit 28-year-olds would: Prepared, optimistic, excited, and aware. He never expected to have to be ...

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

wilderness or Half Dome permits, or if you’re entering the park via a YART bus, with a permitted commercial tour, or if you bike in. Where to see the Yosemite Firefall if you’re in the park?

For a few weeks every February, Yosemite National Park experiences a phenomenon that creates the illusion of a waterfall of flames. Dubbed the firefall ... the remaining half will be released ...

It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...

This year, the chaos surrounding Firefall ... weekend dates. Half of the reservations are released in mid-November, which sell out “almost immediately,” according to Yosemite’s website ...

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

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 ...

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...