Yosemite’s Half Dome shouldn’t need any PR help. It got a good boost of it though when 93-year-old Everett Kalin ascended the 4,800-foot rock in the national park in central California with ...

Newsletter: Half Dome isn’t safe because nature isn’t safe. Hike accordingly Visitors catch a glimpse of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in 2017.

Why Half Dome's Lottery System Doesn't Work Although the lottery was implemented to reduce crowds, thereby reducing accidents, park officials didn't quite take into account that most of the deaths ...

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 ...

I stress soaring because, at nearly 5,000 feet tall, Half Dome is twice as tall as the Grand Canyon. In fact, at an average of 3,000 feet tall, Yosemite’s granite canyons are some of the most ...

The ordeal was documented in a now-viral TikTok video and it all started this past Thursday when six friends reached the Half Dome summit. At around 12:30 p.m., they noticed a storm was rolling in.

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 ...

Paul and Susie Eveland, who moved to Virginia in 2008 after eight years in Fresno, Calif., relocated to Moneta two and a half years ago. Paul recently retired after 31 ...