As the sixth most visited national park in 2024, Yosemite has a well-known congestion problem that should be of no surprise ...

Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau linked El Capitan, Mt. Watkins, and Half Dome in a historic first for the climbing community ...

"North Dome has an incredible face-on view of Half Dome without the crowds and there's a short detour off this trail to Indian Rock Arch, which is Yosemite's only natural granite arch, with views ...

An archeologist assigned to the Hume Lake Ranger District east of Fresno, Wingate is among thousands of US Forest Service and National Park Service employees who abruptly lost their jobs as pawns in ...

A raven flies in front of Yosemite National Park’s famous Half Dome on a spring day, April 23, 2021. A hiker stops to pose for a photo before making his way down the infamous cables section on ...

More than a few hikers have faced dire consequences in pursuit of Yosemite National Park’s iconic Half Dome summit. Some have gone into cardiac arrest. Others have been struck by lightning ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes ...

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 ...

A couple of miles past the western entrance to Yosemite National Park, visitors pass from California into a postcard. The road opens to a majestic view of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks ...

Earlier this month, 20-year-old Grace Rohloff and her father Jonathan were hiking together at the iconic Half Dome at Yosemite National Park in California when Grace slipped and fell to her death.