Of the top five “most loved” hiking trails in the country, two of them are in California — and one of those is in Yosemite National Park. In Yosemite, Half Dome via the Muir Trail is the fifth “most ...

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Visitors to Yosemite National Park hoping to hike its famed Half Dome Trail will have to wait at least one week due to heavy snowpack conditions.

Plan on taking about 30,000 steps on the Half Dome trail, gaining almost a mile in elevation and burning 4,000 calories.

Most hikers take the more direct Mist Trail, a steep, wet route next to the river. The John Muir Trail - 1.5 miles longer but slightly less taxing on weary legs - is the preferred route down.

Half Dome cables are up in Yosemite National Park, California for the the 2019 summer hiking season. Permits are required. Here’s more information about how to prepare and enter the lottery for ...

The Half Dome hike via the John Muir Trail is a challenging hike that offers those who are equipped iconic views and rugged mountain scenery that Yosemite National Park is known for.

In 2012, the park service began limiting the number of people allowed to hike Half Dome each day by requiring day-hike permits. Only 225 people are allowed on the trail beyond the base of the ...

The trail continues from the top of Vernal Falls to Nevada Fall (594 feet tall) and eventually Half Dome, seven more miles (permit required), and Clouds Rest, at nine more miles.

We know what you’re thinking right now. Should you do the Sentinel Dome or Taft Point Hike? There are so many hikes and things to do in Yosemite National Park—how can you narrow it down?!

Half Dome via the John Muir Trail, Yosemite National Park: This 14–16 mile round-trip hike ascends through subalpine meadows to the granite summit of Half Dome.

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 ...