"No reservations are required this year," said a Yosemite National Park statement emailed to SFGATE. The park is encouraging ...

When conditions are just right, the waterfall transforms into a magical spectacle, with its waters resembling scorching hot ...

An immensely popular park spectacle that draws thousands of visitors each February will no longer require reservations.

Yosemite's "firefall," a brief period every year when the late-winter (and sometimes fall) sun backlights the park's Horsetail Falls causing it to glow bright orange, has grown into a major event.

The spectacle of the setting sun that transforms a waterfall in Yosemite National Park into a glowing "firefall" returned this week -- but those looking to make the trek are being warned about current ...