Only 300 people can visit the Half Dome Trail each day. Hikers who see a bear, no matter where it is or what it’s doing, are asked to call (209) 372-0322 or email the park service.

Yosemite's Half Dome is highly sought-after by hikers, but to undertake the trip to the summit, you have to go through a lottery system that may be flawed.

Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more ...

To hike Half Dome, the trail is about 14 to 16 miles long and features elevation gains totaling 4,800 feet (for reference, the elevation gain on the Mist Trail is between 1,000 and 2,000 feet, ...

Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more ...

Hiking to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite requires traversing at least 14 miles while gaining 4,800 feet in elevation, an impressive feat for any adult — let alone one in his 90s. Everett Kalin ...

I free soloed Half Dome, in Yosemite National Park, for the first and only time in 2008. I climbed alone, without a rope or protection, and reached the route’s first major difficulty, ...

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, ...