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Area: Yosemite National Park   

State: California    Elevation: 8,825 ft

Lat: 37.7460363*   Long: -119.5329397*

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What's Near Half Dome?
(miles) 10 20 30 40 50

Getting There

Most people begin the hike from Happy Isles (shuttle stop #16), which is about a half-mile from the trailhead parking lot or about 3/4 of a mile from Curry Village (parking available).

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Half Dome


Spot Comments:


  • Don't attempt this hike without being fully prepared. It is 16 steep miles and will take all day. Carry lots of water, wear good shoes, bring gloves for the cables.

    • Posted by Ted on Dec-17-2009

  • My most favorite chunk of granite.

    • Posted by Steve Scearce on Dec-23-2009

  • It's steeper than it looks! Awsome hike.

    • Posted by SunMan on Jan-08-2010

  • Like Suni said ... great hike but way steeper than it looks. I almost lost my breakfest on this one. :P

    • Posted by marc on Feb-18-2010

  • Of course a must do! A great backpacking trip if you camp in little Yosemite Valley at the base of Half Dome. If you're not a climber then those cables are the closest thing you can get to a climbing experience in the valley!

    • Posted by rich on Feb-21-2010

  • The hike up the cables on Half Domed scared the hell out of some of my friends; not because they thought they would fall but because they thought somebody above them would!

    Forwarned, I brought leather gloves, a climbing harness, two long slings, and three carabiners. I kept myself clipped into the cables at all times (al la via ferrata)so if somebody above fell and hit me, I wouldn't go all the way to the bottom.  

    Also, don't head up the Dome if it looks like a T-storm is on the way.

    It's a classic, though.

    • Posted by Dughlas Stiubhart on Mar-18-2010

  • It's a long day hike, its steep, it can be crowded, take heed of the good advise stated by other wanderers, but do it. There is nothing else like it.

    • Posted by ski3pin on Apr-28-2010

  • I was up that way after the first snow so much of it was closed. from the bottom half dome is huge and very steep. We are hoping to make it back next year.

    • Posted by john101477 on Jul-16-2010



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