#half-dome-views
4 trips tagged “half-dome-views”
half-dome-views backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 4 California backpacking routes tagged half-dome-views, ranging from 7.1 to 18.1 miles with 1,100–5,884 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 13/100 (Easy) on North Dome up to 39/100 (Moderate) on Clouds Rest via Sunrise Lakes, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 5,884 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Yosemite National Park, and the months most of them share are September, June, October. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
North Dome
North Dome is the dome across the canyon from Half Dome: a 7,542-foot summit on Yosemite Valley's north rim reached by a gentle 5.2-mile des…
Snow Creek to the North Rim
The Snow Creek Trail is the steepest way out of Yosemite Valley — 2,750 feet in 3.5 miles of exposed switchbacks from Mirror Lake to the Nor…
Clouds Rest via Sunrise Lakes
Clouds Rest is the best view in Yosemite: a knife-edge granite summit that looks straight across at Half Dome's face — from above. The backp…
Eastern North Rim
The Eastern North Rim crosses the Valley's northern skyline between the Yosemite Falls and Snow Creek trailheads: 18 miles of rim with a det…