The person who initiated the Yosemite Firefall is widely acknowledged to have been James McCauley. He and his wife ran the Mountain House, a small, two-story hotel built atop Glacier Point in 1873 ...

Up until 1968, the remains of campfires would be pushed over the edge of Glacier Point in Yosemite on a nightly basis, creating a stream of embers that eventually became known as "the Firefall." ...

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...

If you’ve been on social media in the past few years, undoubtedly you’ve seen a photo or video of what’s been dubbed the “Yosemite Firefall ... the top of Glacier Point to mimic ...

17 -- Yosemite National Park in California ... the phenonemon is reminiscent of the human-caused firefall that historically occurred from Glacier Point," the NPS said. Every afternoon, a fire ...

Illumination from the setting sun causes this phenomenon, what's become known as the firefall ... The pushing of burning coals over Glacier Point into Yosemite Valley below.

For older visitors, the firefall can be reminiscent of another grand spectacle of the same name that ended in 1968: The pushing of burning coals over Glacier Point into Yosemite Valley below.

The falls were nicknamed "firefall" after a Yosemite tradition that ended in 1968 during which park officials would create an artificial lava flow by spilling embers off Glacier Point to entertain ...

It’s that time of the year, when nature blows your mind in the middle of Yosemite National Park. The so-called “Firefall” is ... dumped from the top of Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley ...

Tickets can be purchased online or at the kiosk, which opens 15 minutes before each skating session, according to Travel Yosemite. Add Horsetail Fall’s “firefall” to your calendar.

The annual Firefall from Horsetail Fall in Yosemite Valley glows after the ... and the cross-country ski and snowshoe trails along Glacier Point Road — with no plans to drive into the Valley ...