The name “Firefall” has historical roots. In 1872, the owners of the Mountain House Hotel created a dramatic display by pushing burning embers off Glacier Point, resembling a glowing waterfall ...

Demonstrators unfurled a giant ‘Distress flag’ after 11 full-time Yosemite staff members were laid off amid the Trump administration’s federal employee purge ...

was hung to protest multiple full-time staff members having received termination emails on February 14. This footage was captured by Anand K Sankaran, who said that the flag was hung just before ...

may also be invisible to visitors and members of the public – we are shining a spotlight on them by putting a distress flag on El Capitan in view of Firefall. Think of it as your public lands on ...

A striking sight unfurled thousands of feet over the steep granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday — and it wasn’t the annual firefall ... and members of the public.” ...

A "distress" signal hung on one of Yosemite National Park's most iconic sites by staff members was done in protest ... was hung upside-down just before "firefall," a period of time when the ...

may also be invisible to visitors and members of the public—we are shining a spotlight on them by putting a distress flag on El Capitan in view of Firefall. Think of it as your public lands on ...