The Yosemite reservation system reported reportedly because of Trump ‘blessing’

Sommer -Online reservations for the Yosemite National Park were postponed indefinitely.

After the park announced a few months ago that a new system was in the works, the online reservation page now says: “The Yosemite National Park expected to share details about this year’s reservation system at the beginning of 2025.”

According to parking officers, the implementation of a new system has apparently delayed the approval of the Trump administration.

A parking spokesman was not available to respond to an e -mail in which he was asked when reservations would be accepted.

At the moment, no reservations are required to visit the park on weekdays, with the exception of public holidays and weekends until the end of March.

No reservation plan is listed online for visits from April to October.

The park started its reservation system in 2020 and in the summer of 2021 because of the Covid 19 pandemic. In 2022, reservations were taken for repairs to the infrastructure, and then in 2024 to facilitate traffic on roads and paths.

Reservations are still required for the upcoming, popular Firefall event of the park in the Horetail Fall Trail. The event is Saturday and Sunday and 15th to 17th February and 22nd to 23rd February. The number of visitors at the weekend can count in the low thousands.

Firefall reservations are intended to restrict the erosion and damage to the environment if visitors look to Ela Capitan if it resembles an active volcano. If the sunset falls properly, the water that becomes a “firefall” over the granite cliff face, 3,000 feet to the valley floor and takes on an orange glow.

Even those who do not enter the data listed above must also apply for a reservation.

The entry fee of 35 US dollars per car applies to entry for seven days, regardless of the day of arrival.

This online system was introduced in mid-November and gave interested parties months to plan.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday that the officials of the National Park Service delayed the implementation of the system because they wanted “the blessing of the new administration”.

Teri Marshall, director of marketing communication in the Rush Creek Lodge and Spa at Yosemite, said her understanding that the Trump administration prompted the reservation system for cars to stop completely.

“It is not confusing for us,” she said, “but it is very confusing for international travelers and others who try to plan.”

Marshall’s main concern was to avoid one “free for everyone” with a large number of visitors who overwhelm the infrastructure and the natural beauty of the park.

“We should all love this park,” she said, “but don’t love it to death.”

It encouraged visitors, the regional transport system from Yosemite Area or Yarts, the luxury bus, which regularly offers pickups and levies throughout the park, Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Lakes and other nearby places.

Some hotels and lodges, including Rush Creek, also offer private tours with shuttles.

“We all want to welcome, we just don’t want everyone to get into his car and drive into the park,” said Marshall. “Use the alternative methods and do it better for everyone.”

Yosemite officials have dealt with great use for months with the balance of parking access and the maintenance of the park due to the rapid growth of daily use visits during the season.

The new program for peak times plus programmed a reservation fee of $ 2 and should alleviate strong traffic and complete parking spaces, especially in the popular Yosemite valley.

Firefall is the connection of this battle.

A popularity has been thrown on the website in the past decade. Yosemite’s officials found that they registered almost 2,500 visitors on February 19, 2022.

At that time and since then, guests have had the vegetation with feet, flooded in the river bank and increased erosion while they are overwhelming and other facilities, according to Yosemite officials.

The park reacted with the reservation system for visits in February.

The 27 -year -old Kyle Roberton von Lake Tahoe is called a fan of visiting restrictions.

“You can easily get a few thousand people from Horsetail, and the reservations improve the experience of everything there and at the same time have a less harmful influence on the environment,” said Robertson, a part-time landscape photographer.

Robertson has reserved reservations for Hufettail Falls this month.

However, it was in 2023 when he said that the conditions were just right to catch the majestic “firefall” effect.

“We had a sufficient snow cover, a really clear sky and the sun in the right position this year,” he said. “It is a visual effect that you can really only grasp with your camera, and so everyone pushes into the few visual platforms in the valley.”

Robertson said that he had seen an increased garbage together with the erosion and destruction of nature over the years as the number of visitors.

“If reservations help at least some of these problems,” he said, “it is a win-win situation.”