Summer online reservations for Yosemite National Park have been postponed indefinitely. After the park announced several months ago that a new system was in the works, the online reservation page now reads, “Yosemite National Park anticipates sharing details about this year’s reservation system early in 2025.” The implementation of a new system has apparently been delayed to first get the approval of the Trump administration, according to park officials.
A park spokesperson was unavailable to respond to a Times email asking when reservations would be accepted. Currently, no reservations are needed to visit the park during the weekdays, except for holidays and weekends, until the end of March. No reservation plan is listed online for visits from April through October.
The park began its reservations system in 2020 and the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, reservations were taken because of repairs to infrastructure, then again in 2024 to ease traffic on roads and trails. Reservations will still be required for the park’s upcoming, wildly popular Firefall event at Horsetail Fall trail.
The event is Saturday and Sunday, and Feb. 15-17 and 22-23. The number of visitors on weekends can number in the low thousands.
Firefall reservations are designed to limit erosion and damage to the environment as visitors clamor to see El Capitan when it resembles an active volcano. When the sunset properly backlights Horsetail Fall, the water cascading down the gr.
