Three major national parks are scrapping timed entry reservations for the summer, including one that many thought was a success story.

Meanwhile, the holiday weekend at Yosemite turned into gridlock, shuttle chaos, and eventually a snowstorm evacuation.

The White House has nominated an executive from one of the largest national park concessionaires to lead the National Park Service,

the incredible Alpastal Islands ice caves are about to open for the first time in more than a decade

and so much more. I'm Jason Epperson. This is Parkography and it's time for the latest

National Park in Public Lands News. Welcome back, everybody. First up, the National Park Service has just announced

moments ago, actually, as I'm recording this, two national parks that have had timed entry

reservations during the busy season in recent years will not this summer. According to a press

release, Arches National Park and Yosemite National Park will not implement a time-to-entry reservation system in 2026.

The parks will rely on real-time traffic management measures, including temporary traffic

diversions when parking areas reach capacity and deploying additional seasonal staff to manage

high-use areas.

Rocky Mountain National Park, however, will continue its

timed entry reservation system during peak visitation months from late May through mid-October.

The release also officially announced what we already knew, that there would be no park-wide

vehicle reservation system at Glacier National Park and clarified what the plan is for this summer, which we largely laid out for you before, but now it's official with a few changes.

Glacier will pilot a ticketed shuttle system to Logan Pass this summer, including early morning express routes, beginning July 1st, weather permitting private vehicle parking at Logan

Pass will be limited to three hours. Vehicle reservations will not be required anywhere in the

park. That three hour time limit at Logan Pass, though, is intended to increase parking turnover

and provide more visitors the opportunity to experience the area. The park says three hours is enough time to hike Hidden Lake Overlook,

visit the Logan Pass Visitor Center, or attend an interpretive program.

Visitors planning longer hikes that begin at Logan Pass,

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