Jason Torlano started dreaming about skiing down Half Dome – rising nearly 5,000 feet above his childhood home in Yosemite Valley – after moving to Yosemite National Park at age 5. In February ...

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 the editor: My suggestion for making Half Dome safer is to take the cables down. Not just part of the year, as is done now ...

It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...

Climbers who summit Yosemite’s Half Dome can expect panoramic views of the national park’s luscious valley — but now park rangers say they might also spot traces of black bears, or even the ...

Matthew Stewart started an adventure climbing Half Dome in Yosemite in 2023 just like many fit 28-year-olds would: Prepared, optimistic, excited, and aware. He never expected to have to be ...

Subscribe today. A recent fatal accident on the hiking route up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park was horrifying and tragic. On July 13, 2024, Grace Rohloff, an Arizona State university student ...