Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending ... to clamber up and down the final 400 feet of polished granite are dangerous — incredibly so in wet weather.

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 ...

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 ...

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 hike off Glacier Point Road ticks off two of the most incredible viewpoints in Yosemite. The loop starts by heading towards Sentinel Dome, a huge granite dome that sits high on the valley walls.

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 ...

Is the gorgeous view or the glory worth the risk? Here we take a look at seven of the most dangerous hikes in the United ...

In the belly of Yosemite National Park lies a granite dome that's more than 8,800 feet high. Near its summit are twisted metal handrails that allow hundreds of daily hikers to ascend to the very ...

"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 ...

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.