Due to crowds and environmental injury in recent times throughout the Horsetall Fall “firefall,” Yosemite Nationwide Park has instituted restrictions this yr.
The map above exhibits among the closures in impact from midday to 7 p.m., Feb. 10 to Feb. 28. (Dates could also be adjusted to accommodate situations.)
Southside and Northside drives (crimson traces): Autos can be allowed on the one-way loop (eastbound on Southside, westbound on Northside) however they won't be allowed to park, cease or drop off passengers on a lot of the loop. Pedestrians won't be allowed on or subsequent to Southside. One lane of Northside can be for pedestrians solely.
Between Merced River and Southside (crimson tone): Between Cathedral Seaside and Sentinel Seaside, this space is closed to all people. The closure contains the river itself.
Parking can be accessible within the 4 heaps indicated by purple dots. From the lot close to Yosemite Valley Lodge, folks can stroll 1½ miles on Northside to El Capitan Picnic Space (yellow digital camera icon). From two of the farther heaps, they'll take a shuttle to the lodge after which stroll the remainder of the best way.
Autos with incapacity placards can be allowed to drive to the picnic space or park in pullouts on the north aspect of Northside Drive.
The Horsetail Fall phenomenon (solar icon) happens throughout clear evenings within the final two weeks of February, when the small waterfall — which flows within the winter solely — is backlit by the setting solar. It's paying homage to the Glacier Level firefall, a bygone summertime occasion through which burning coals have been tipped off the cliff’s edge above Camp Curry.
Official sundown instances in Yosemite Valley within the final half of February are 5:36 p.m. to five:51 p.m.; peak viewing for the phenomenon is about 10 to fifteen minutes earlier.
For extra data, see Yosemite’s webpage on Horsetail Fall.