Yosemite Half Dome Trail

     
Start: 4,040ft 5:00am
Summit: 8,842ft 10:00am
Return: 4,040ft 3:00pm
Date:     05/18/08
Total Time:     10 hours
Total Distance:     16 miles
Total Elevation:     4,802ft


Yosemite Half Dome Trail Map



Starting the Hike

Half Dome Trailhead

Bridge near Trailhead

Waterfall Near Grizzly Peak

View of Half Dome
in the Distance

Vernal Fall

Bottom of Vernal Fall

Upstream over
Vernal Fall

Bridge over Vernal Fall

Rapids from the
Snow Melt

Water Cresting
Vernal Fall

 

View from the top of
Vernal Fall

 

The Base of Nevada Fall

 

Mist Created by
Nevada Fall

 

Bottom of Nevada Fall

View of Nevada Fall

 

The Top of Nevada Fall

 

Water Cresting
Nevada Fall

 

John Muir Trail above Nevada Fall

 

Bridge of Nevada Fall

View from the Trail

 

Waterfalls in the Distance

 

Leaving the Tree Line

 

View up the First Rise

 

Climbing up the First Rise

View up Merced River

 

View of Moraine Dome

 

View of the Grade

 

View Down the Slope

 

View of Quarter Domes Behind Brad

Full View of the Cables

 

Brad at the Base
of the Cables

 

Starting up the Cables

 

Brad Half Way Up

 

View Down the Cables

Cresting the Cables

 

View down Half Dome

 

Last Few Feet
to the Summit

 

The Summit Looking South

 

The Summit Looking North

View of Yosemite Valley from the Summit

 

Brad on the Diving Board

 

Brad at the Summit

 

Portrait from the Summit

 

The Summit Looking West

The Summit Looking East

 

The View Down To Ahwiyah Point

 

Waterfall from the Summit

 

Merced River from
the Summit

 

View of Mount Clark
in the Distance

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