On February 19, Yosemite National Park officials announced the park would be closed to visitors through at least midnight on February 20 due to heavy snowfall and falling trees. A winter storm is also ...

The Firefall typically occurs between February 10 and February 27, though the exact timing varies each year slightly based on weather and snow conditions. On successful evenings, the glow usually ...

Each year in mid-February, Horsetail Falls transforms into a unique spectacle when the waterfall is backlit by the sunset. In the winter light, the waterfall glows bright orange as through it was on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some visitors flock to California's Yosemite National Park when they hear a snowstorm is coming. (Courtesy of Alix Fernandes) Over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. Between February 10 and 26, Yosemite National Park visitors may catch ...

As the sun drops behind El Capitan, hundreds of strangers stand shoulder to shoulder in the cold, waiting to see if a thin waterfall will ignite—or quietly fade to gray. There’s a moment in late ...

Every year from mid- to late February, the setting sun hits Yosemite's Horsetail Fall along the eastern edge of the soaring El Capitan at just the right angle, creating the illusion that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s nearly time for one of Yosemite National Park’s most famous — and fleeting — natural spectacles. For a few weeks in February ...

February gets bustling in Yosemite National Park thanks to a phenomenon nicknamed the “Firefall.” It’s when sunset turns 2,130-foot-tall Horsetail Fall into a magma-like stream of orange spray. The ...

Each year for a brief window, Yosemite’s sunsets transform El Capitan into a fleeting glowing waterfall. Yosemite's "Firefall" glows on El Capitan. The natural, two-week phenomenon in mid-to-late ...