Yosemite National Park officials plan to reopen the park's south entrance at 6 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday.
That entrance via Highway 41 — the most popular way in for visitors from Southern California — has been closed for several days as firefighters struggle to subdue to Washburn fire in the park's southern Wawona and Mariposa Grove areas.
The park announced its tentative plans, "conditions permitting," on its website Friday. The park's other entrances have remained open.