enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: half dome cables angle finder

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Half Dome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Dome

    Easiest route. Cable route. Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half.

  3. Yosemite’s Half Dome cables are dangerous. Here’s why they ...

    www.aol.com/yosemite-half-dome-cables-dangerous...

    The Half Dome cables are something I used to write about (and experience firsthand) with some frequency. In 2010, as a solution for overcrowding when permits were being considered, I suggested ...

  4. After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half Dome ...

    www.aol.com/news/young-woman-falls-her-death...

    The park limits the number of people who can climb Half Dome to 300 per day, a cap aimed, in part, at reducing gridlock on the cables. If you go without a permit, and get caught, there’s a $280 ...

  5. Curry Village - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Village

    Curry Village. Curry Village is a campground in Mariposa County, California [2] in Yosemite National Park within the Yosemite Valley. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor units were closed because of risk. In 2012, eight visitors to the park developed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and three died.

  6. George Anderson (mountaineer) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Anderson_(mountaineer)

    George G. Anderson (1839 – May 8, 1884) [3] was a Scottish mountaineer who is best known for making the first ascent to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California, United States on October 12, 1875. [1] During the climb, he drilled the holes which, after 1919, came to house the cables of the popular route up Half Dome.

  7. Yosemite Valley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Valley

    Yosemite Valley (/ joʊˈsɛməti / yoh-SEM-ə-tee; Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000–3,500 ft (910–1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and ...

  8. Yosemite’s Half Dome cables are dangerous. Here’s why they ...

    www.aol.com/news/yosemite-half-dome-cables...

    By 21st-century standards, the row of threaded cables, steel posts and wood planks used by hikers to clamber up and down the final 400 feet of polished granite are dangerous — incredibly so in ...

  9. Tunnel View - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_View

    Tunnel View. Coordinates: 37.71576°N 119.67718°W. El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall, from Tunnel View. Tunnel View is a scenic viewpoint on California State Route 41 in Yosemite National Park, United States. Visitors have seen and documented the iconic and expansive views of Yosemite Valley from the overlook since its opening in 1933.

  1. Ads

    related to: half dome cables angle finder