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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 desce
And considering tens of thousands make the attempt every year, most with little rock climbing experience, the fact that “only” 10 people have died falling from the cables since 1948 is nothing ...
Hiking up the Half Dome cables. Yosemite Falls; Bridalveil Falls; Mirror Lake; Mist Trail; Half Dome; Near Glacier Point. Panorama Trail from Glacier Point;
The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was the first Grade VI big wall climbing route in the United States. It was first climbed in 1957 by a team consisting of Royal Robbins, Mike Sherrick, and Jerry Gallwas. Its current aid climbing rating is VI 5.9 A1 or 5.12 for the free climbing variation. [1]
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 ...
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The view looks eastward into Yosemite Valley, and includes surrounding features, such as the southwest face of El Capitan on the left, Half Dome on axis, and Bridalveil Fall on the right. For many arriving by road, this is the stunning first view, upon suddenly exiting the long and dark tunnel, of Yosemite Valley and its setting.