This sublime but underappreciated North Carolina wilderness offers waterfalls, gorges, valleys, and rocky domes that look straight out of Yosemite ...

The Yosemite Firefall is a stunning natural phenomenon that occurs when the setting sun illuminates Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, making it appear as though a fiery cascade ...

Yosemite’s Firefall! For just a few days each year, the setting sun perfectly aligns with Horsetail Fall, making it glow like a river of fire cascading down the cliffs. This rare and mesmerizing event ...

Breathtaking 'Firefall' effect returns to Yosemite. What to know before you visit ... Updated: 10:26 PM PST Feb 17, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Lindsay Weber ...

First, storms need to deliver rain and mountain snow to the Yosemite area leading up to Feb. 21 to feed Horsetail Fall. In years of drought, the waterfall runs dry, and the firefall can't happen.

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

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

“ It was really striking, and eventually, the following year, that riverbank gave way and eroded into itself.” Photographers prepare to shoot Firefall in Yosemite National Park on Feb. 22, 2016.

If you're unfortunate enough to not snag a reservation for Yosemite's firefall, here's how you can experience it in 2025 without one. The post Visit Yosemite’s Firefall in 2025 — without a ...