The Horsetail Waterfall falls over the eastern ridge of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. It typically flows only in the winter months. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A ...

Yosemite’s “firefall” is usually best seen in February when Horsetail Fall flows. Jan. 24, 2023 On Monday, 50% of the reservations for those dates will be freed up.

For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the "Firefall." But it only happens if conditions are perfect.

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2010, file photo, a shaft of sunlight creates a glow near Horsetail Fall, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Adventurers hoping to see Yosemite National Park’s annual ...

Horsetail Fall, where Firefall occurs each year, is only active during the winter months when there is runoff from melting snow, according to the Yosemite Conservancy.. Photos from a Firefall ...

The Horsetail Waterfall falls over the eastern ridge of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. It typically flows only in the winter months. Watch as Yosemite's Horsetail Fall glows golden during ...

Visiting Yosemite National Park firefall at Horsetail Fall on El Capitan in February 2025? Your guide to reservations, parking and photos.

File: Horsetail Fall glows during the Firefall event in Yosemite National Park outside Merced, Calif., on Saturday, February 20, 2021. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle / Getty ...

What to Know. Horsetail Fall, a waterfall adorning El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, is known for its late-afternoon glow in the later part of February, a phenomenon created by the setting sun ...

The "firefall" on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park is shown Feb. 23, 2019. The effect only happens when Horsetail Fall is flowing from winter rain and the setting February sun hits the rock at ...

The annual firefall from Horsetail Fall in Yosemite Valley glows after the sun has disappeared below the horizon of the national park about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ...

Yosemite officials are starting up reservations for February weekends at Horsetail Fall in the hope of curtailing damage to surrounding areas by visitors.