The last segment of the hike up Yosemite’s Half Dome is nerve-wracking to many, but deaths there are rare. In the almost 100 years since cables were installed to help hikers climb the steep ...

To make Half Dome safer, take down the cables. Connie Stewart, Santa Monica To the editor: Your article seems to indicate that Yosemite National Park is responsible for making the climb to Half ...

Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more ...

Are the Half Dome cables worth it? Climber Alex Honnold, of Free Solo fame, thinks so. “People have totally transformative experiences hiking Half Dome,” he says. “They propose up there ...

Climbers who want to make the final spine-tingling scramble 400 feet up the summit cables to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will have to get permits before they make the climb this ...

The most famous -- or infamous -- part of the hike is the ascent up Half Dome's cables. The two metal cables allow hikers to climb the last 400 feet to the summit without rock climbing equipment.

The cables usually go up on Yosemite's Half Dome the Friday before Memorial Day ... scale the last 400 feet to the summit without rock climbing equipment. Completion of the installation is ...

Park officials have delayed installing the Half Dome cables until at least June 2 because of the heavy snowpack and other hazardous conditions on the trail. The cables were originally slated for ...