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The park service publishes extensive information online about how to hike Half Dome safely, including tips for limiting risk on the cables. (The best advice is knowing when to turn around.) Permit ...
The Half Dome Cable Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in 8.2 mi (13 km) (via the Mist Trail), with 4,800 ft (1,460 m) of elevation gain. The length and difficulty of the trail used to keep it less crowded than other park trails, but trail traffic grew to as many as 1,000 people a day, and about 50,000 per year, before ...
The Mist Trail is commonly used as the first leg of the hike up Half Dome. Half Dome can also be reached by the John Muir Trail, but this route is longer and less scenic. However, it is less steep than the Mist Trail, which makes it more commonly used for descent. The mist from Vernal Falls can be a significant factor governing the choice ...
Within the year, Harding was teaming up with Mark Powell, one of the premier Yosemite climbers of the 1950s.After Harding had been part of a group which failed to climb the magnificent and vertical Northwest face of Half Dome, he and Powell found themselves in the Valley, too late by a couple of days to make the first ascent of that feature as another group, led by Harding's southern ...
Grace Rohloff's death has renewed concerns about the safety of hiking Half Dome in Yosemite, where at least 10 people have died in the last decade.
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El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall, from Tunnel View. Tunnel View is a scenic viewpoint located on California State Route 41 in Yosemite National Park , United States. Since its opening in 1933, it has offered visitors iconic, expansive views of Yosemite Valley , making it one of the park's most renowned viewpoints.
If summiting Half Dome is on your bucket list of the things to do before you die, better book the hike now. Alarmed by the deaths of four climbers on the world famous granite monolith since 2006 ...