Half Dome ( 8842 feet), Yosemite National Park, California

Ascended up to Clark's Point and down below Nevada Falls and up the chute beside Nevada Falls. Descended via the Mist Trail. The round trip was 15.5 miles with 5000 feet of elevation gain from North Pines campground.

This was a Las Vegas Mountaineers Club Yosemite Trip.

For topo and profile of this hike click here

June 6, 2006

01 Yosemite Valley	02 Yosemite Valley	03 Half Dome	04 Half Dome	05 Road to Camping
06 Wild Rose	07 The Goal	08 Beginning of Hike on John Muir Trail	09 Trail in Early Morning	10 Side Waterfall
11 Determined Snafu	12 River below Vernal Falls	13 Hiking Up	14 Yosemite Falls	15 Photo Stop
16 Clark Point and Nevada Falls	17 Trail to Bottom of Nevada Falls	18 Half Dome	19 Close-up	20 Our route on trail map
21 Vernal Falls	22 Vernal Falls	23 Pepe Joins us	23A Bridge below Nevada Falls	24 Below Nevada Falls
24A Below Nevada Falls	25 Hiking up the Chute	25A Below Falls	26 Water on Trail	27 View Back
28 Hiker Crossing Creek on John Muir Trail	28A John Muir Trail	28B Tail Facilities	28C Tail Information	29 Doe
30 River	31 Tail Junction	31A Junction Sign	32 Trail	32An Interesting Tree
32B Moss	32C Water Obstacles	32D Water Obstacles	33 Squirrel	34 Backpacker Camp
34A Blue Jay	35 Side of Half Dome	36 Trail	36A Do Not Feed the Animals	37 Deer
37 Switchbacks	37A Deer crossing Trail	37A Steps	38 Looking Back	38 Sierra Crest
38A Sierra Crest	38B Sierra Crest	39 Side of Half Dome	39 The Cables	39A Bottom of Cables
39B High School group going up	40 Trail up	41 Looking Back	41A Waterfall in Valley	42 Vista
43 Trail up	44 Looking Back	45 Half Dome	46 Summit Trail and Cables	47 Waiting to Climb Cables