I’ve hiked Half Dome four times. I consider myself an experienced hiker, but even so ... installed around the end of May and taken down for the winter in October. In response to overcrowding ...

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 ...

By 21st-century standards, the row of threaded cables, steel posts and wood planks used by hikers to clamber up and down the final ... online about how to hike Half Dome safely, including tips ...

Grace Rohloff/Facebook An Arizona college student died after she slipped down the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National ... who was wearing new hiking shoes for the occasion, told him that ...