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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 ...
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 ...
Ninety-five percent of Yosemite National Park (including the trails leading to Half Dome) is a federally designated wilderness area. Meaning it is managed by the park service in accordance with ...
The dome stands over 8,800 feet above sea level, and a round-trip hike to the summit covers more than 14 miles. The Half Dome cables encompass the final portion of the hike and allow hikers to ...
Burnett is the 12th hiker to die while climbing Half Dome since 1995, according to the Mercury News.There have been numerous emergency calls to the 14-mile trail — which has often suffered from ...
Harding almost died during his 1968 attempt on Half Dome in Yosemite after being trapped in a three-day storm, where his B.A.T Tent was filled with freezing rain and snow. Single-point hammocks allowed little sleep because they offered no weather resistance and crushed climber's shoulders.
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. He saw his daughter fall from Half Dome. He says ...
California Governor Leland Stanford visited Yosemite in 1865, and he and James Hutchings visited Nevada Fall.Stanford didn't like any proposed names, and, looking at half-dollar reputably produced by Hutchings, saw a resemblance between the Liberty Cap and the coin's cap of liberty and decided the name better,.