Summer reservations for Yosemite National Park have been reported indefinitely.
After the park announced several months ago that a new system was in preparation, the Online booking page Bed now: “Yosemite National Park plans to share details on this year's booking system at the beginning of 2025.”
The implementation of a new system has apparently been delayed to first obtain approval from the Trump administration, according to park officials.
A spokesperson for the park was not available to respond to a time e-mail asking when the reservations would be accepted.
Currently, no reservation is necessary to visit the park during the week, with the exception of holidays and weekends, until the end of March.
No reservation plan is listed online for visits from April to October.
The park began its reserve system in 2020 and summer 2021 due to the COVVI-19 pandemic. In 2022, the reservations were taken due to repairs to infrastructure, then again in 2024 to facilitate traffic on roads and trails.
Reservations will always be necessary for the next Firefall event in the Park and very popular at the Horse -Blot Fall Trail. The event is on Saturday and Sunday and Sunday and February 15 and 22-23. The number of visitors on weekends can count in the thousands of people.
Reservations for fire falls are designed to limit erosion and damage to the environment while visitors claim to see El Capitan when he looks like an active volcano. When the sunset retro-clashed well in horsetail falls, cascade water on the granite cliff, at 3,000 feet on the ground of the valley, becomes a “fall of fire”, taking an orange glow.
Even those who do not visit in the office fall on the dates listed above must request a reservation.
Entrance fees of $ 35 per car are valid for seven days, regardless of the day of arrival.
This online system was deployed in mid-November, giving interested months to plan.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday that the officials of the National Park Service relying the implementation of the system because tHey, I wanted “the blessing of the new administration.“”
Teri Marshall, director of marketing communications at Rush Creek Lodge and Spa in Yosemite, said that it was his understanding that the Trump administration put an end to the reservation system for cars.
“For us, it's not confusing,” she said, “but it's very confusing for international travelers and others trying to plan.”
The main concern of Marshall was to avoid a “free for all” with a large number of visitors overwhelming the infrastructure and the natural beauty of the park.
“We should all love this park,” she said, “but does not like it to death.”
She encouraged visitors to use The regional transport system of the Yosemite regionor Yarts, a luxury bus that offers microphones and regular departures in the park, the Yosemite valley, the gigantic lakes and other places nearby.
Some hotels and lodges, including Rush Creek, also offer private visits with shuttles.
“We want to welcome everyone, we just don't want everyone to get into their car and drive in the park,” said Marshall. “Use alternative methods and improve it for everyone.”
Yosemite managers have been in the grip for months with how to balance Access and conservation of the park “Due to the rapid growth of day use visits during the season for high use.”
The new PEAK Hours Plus program made reservation costs of $ 2 and was intended to facilitate intense circulation and complete parking lots, especially in the popular Yosemite valley.
The fall of fire is the link of this battle.
The site has seen a wave of popularity over the past decade, Yosemite officials noting that they had registered 2,500 visitors on February 19, 2022.
The guests then and since the vegetation trampled, overwhelmed on the banks and increased erosion while being an overwhelming parking lot and in other facilities, said Yosemite officials.
The park responded with the reservation system for February visits.
Kyle Roberton, originally from Lake Tahoe, 27, photographed Hugpons Falls in February 2023 and captured the elusive effect of “Fall of Fire”. Robertson is a fan of Yosemite reservations to limit damage to the environment and offer a pleasant visitor experience.
(Thanks to Kyle Robertson)
Kyle Robertson, from Lake Tahoe, 27, qualifies a fan of the limitations of visits.
“You can easily get a few thousand people in Désetail and the reservations improve the experience of everything there while offering a less detrimental impact on the environment,” said Robertson, A part -time landscape photographer.
Robertson has reservations for Huggling Falls this month and has already visited four times.
It was in 2023, however, when he said that the conditions were just right for him to capture the majestic effect of the “fall of fire”.
“We had an adequate snowpack that year, a really clear sky and the sun in the right position,” he said. “It is a visual effect that you can only really capture with your camera and therefore everyone curls up in the few observation platforms of the valley.”
Robertson said he had seen an increase in waste with erosion and destruction of nature over the years as the number of visitors increased.
“If reservations help at least some of these problems,” he said, “he's a win-win.”
