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." ...

human-made firefall off of Glacier Point that took place decades ago inside the same national park. Yes, Yosemite Firefall is essentially a stunning optical illusion created by nature. For a ...

Glacier Point Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1969, and has not been rebuilt.” And here are some of Bricker’s tips for shooting the spectacle: The best time of the year to see Firefall is mid ...

While the original firefall was a summer event where literal burning embers were dropped from the top of Glacier Point to mimic a fiery waterfall into the valley below, the current version is all ...

The phenomenon is called “firefall,” which Richards said is ... started in 1872 where embers were pushed over the edge of Glacier Point, creating a “waterfall of fire.” ...

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 ...

"Although entirely natural, the phenonemon is reminiscent of the human-caused firefall that historically occurred from Glacier Point," the NPS said. Every afternoon, a fire would be lit atop ...

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.

The term refers to a man-made “firefall” that was a Yosemite hotel tradition that started in 1872. As the story goes, James McCauley, who owned the Glacier Point Mountain House Hotel ...

It was nicknamed firefall. The name is a throwback to an old Yosemite tradition in which park concessionaire employees would tip glowing embers off Glacier Point to entertain visitors. The man ...