Hiking Yosemite's Half Dome is a peak experience: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- I don't usually spend my Sunday mornings rising before dawn to stuff ice cubes into a CamelBak. But then again it's ...

Yosemite National Park is really a park in name only. In most areas of the 1,187-square-mile expanse, it is truly a wild place. For a Midwestern flatlander, the sheer magnitude of the rock formations ...

If you’re looking to experience some of the best views of Half Dome without committing to a long, strenuous hike, there are plenty of short trails that deliver stunning scenery. These hikes offer a ...

Half Dome Trail map. The Half Dome Trail splits midway into the John Muir Trail and Mist Trail, which converge at Nevada Falls to form a single route through Little Yosemite Valley to Half Dome.

Yosemite visitors entering the popular hiking area on and around the Mist Trail during the next two months will have to time their treks to Half Dome and Glacier Point carefully to comply with a host ...

Half Dome cables are back up for the 2019 summer hiking season. Yosemite National Park made the announcement on social media Thursday by posting a photo of a helicopter hovering over the granite dome ...