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With Yosemite ditching reservations for firefall, will it be a mess? Here’s what to know
Yosemite replaces firefall reservations with traffic and pedestrian restrictions to enhance safety during peak viewing from Feb. 10–26, officials said.
- Yosemite National Park officials lifted the reservation requirement and imposed new crowd controls, including traffic and pedestrian limits, for this firefall season, officials said.
- After years of growing attendance, reservations used by 2021 to manage crowds, prompted by Galen Rowell's 1973 photograph, are now discontinued.
- Rangers will prohibit pedestrians and stopping along the road between Cathedral Beach Picnic Area and Sentinel Beach Picnic Area, and parking or unloading will be banned on key segments, including the area near the river.
- Yosemite National Park officials urge parking at Yosemite Falls and using the free shuttle, then walking 1.5 miles, with warm gear advised, to prepare for firefall viewing.
- The park's website includes a detailed map of the Horsetail Falls viewing area and new restrictions alongside visitor guidance, noting that hazy or cloudy evenings can dramatically reduce the firefall effect.
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With Yosemite ditching reservations for firefall, will it be a mess? Here’s what to know
By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times 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 to plan a trip. A view of the firefall at Yosemite’s Horsetail Falls in 2019. (Raul Roa/Los Angeles Times/TNS) When skies are clear and Horsetail Falls is flowing, the firefall phenomenon happens in mid- t…
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