Yosemite National Park officials said the famed Horsetail Fall glow-up is likely to be absent this week as clouds and snow ...

Every winter Yosemite National Park becomes the stage for one of nature’s most riveting optical illusions: a magnificent waterfall that for a brief moment appears to be made of pure golden fire.

Between February 10 and 26, for a few minutes at sunset, Horsetail Fall glows like molten lava or cascading fire spilling down El Capitan. It is called the Yosemite "Firefall".

Yosemite National Park staff say stormy conditions could make it difficult, even impossible, to view the annual firefall at Horsetail Falls.

Yosemite National Park will open to visitors Saturday after officials initially warned the park would be closed due to heavy snowfall in the area, park officials said.

Firefall was a bust. Then all the national park's campgrounds had to be evacuated.

In a Tuesday release, the National Park Service said, "No reservations are required to enter Yosemite National Park during the Horsetail Fall viewing period," confirmed the projected Feb. 10–26 window ...

Learn more about the science behind Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall, which glows like fire every February, and will return between Feb. 10 and Feb. 26, 2026.

As the sun drops behind El Capitan, hundreds of strangers stand shoulder to shoulder in the cold, waiting to see if a thin ...

It’s time for one of Yosemite National Park’s most famous — and fleeting — natural spectacles. For a few weeks in February in ...

For about two weeks in February, hikers in the park can see what looks like bright red and orange flames plunging over the ...