Half Dome Trail
Half Dome Trail is a 16.4-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yosemite National Park, California. It climbs 4,800 ft to a high point of 8,804 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, rated by the National Park Service. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 4 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone.
- 8.2 mione way
- 16.4 miround trip
- 4 mimapped segment only
- 4,800 ftelevation gain
- 8,804 fthigh point
- Strenuousdifficulty
From the National Park Service
Half Dome Trail · rated “Strenuous”
14 mi-16.4 mi / 22.4 km-26.2 km (round trip)
Read the official NPS description
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