Yosemite National Park ends its reservation system for 2026

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (KFSN) -- Yosemite National Park announced Wednesday it volition nary longer usage its preservation strategy successful 2026.

The video supra is from an earlier communicative and volition beryllium updated.

Rangers accidental an investigation recovered astir weekdays maintained disposable parking, unchangeable postulation travel and visitation levels wrong the park's capacity.

This led the parkland to find that the season-wide preservation strategy was "not the astir effectual attack for 2026."

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Yosemite volition alternatively usage strategies learned successful 2025, specified arsenic real-time postulation monitoring, progressive parking absorption and further staffing astatine cardinal intersections during highest periods.

"Our extremity is to assistance each visitant person a harmless and enjoyable trip," YosemiteSuperintendent McPadden said successful a quality release. "Targeted absorption gives america the flexibility to code the busiest days portion preserving unfastened entree connected days the parkland is operating good wrong capacity."

Yosemite did not necessitate reservations passim astir of 2025, besides the summertime highest period.

In aboriginal 2025, the preservation strategy was connected clasp arsenic parkland rangers waited for guidance from the national government.