Explore granite domes, rushing cascades, and awe-inspiring overlooks of California's pristine nature while avoiding crowds in ...

We associate Yosemite with the photographs of Ansel Adams, who acknowledged Watkins as one of “the great Western photographers,” but it was Watkins who first turned Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks ...

In my quest to experience a Yosemite matching my expectation, I headed toward the heart of the almost 1,200-square-mile (3,108-square-kilometer) park to a granite dome, this one comparatively ...

A prominent feature of the Yosemite Valley, this granite rock face rises up 4,737 ... It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome, a sheer 2,130-foot wall of ...

"Where," I ask Karen, "is Half Dome?" Karen stares at me ... and on all sides, the rising granite walls striped by silver waterfalls -- Yosemite, Bridalveil. The tops of both of these falls ...

Grace Rohloff/Facebook The Arizona college student who died after slipping down the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, July 13, had celebrated reaching the summit with her father ...

The short film by Carl Boenish that documents the flight carried out by Rich Piccirilli, Jim Hanbury and Brian Johnson from Half Dome (Yosemite) that marked a pivotal moment in the history of BASE ...

One of the world's largest granite monoliths, El Capitan, along with Half Dome are also located here. U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park ...

The essential gear that Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan used to survive their historic ski descent of Half Dome to the Yosemite Valley ... 5,000 feet of rolling granite slabs.