Well put. (that bump is not Quarter Domes. It's just the bump. Quarter Domes are over by Clouds Rest)by mrcondron - General Discussion
Saturday was my first time doing the Half Dome hike. I was also surprised at the amount of people that seemed unprepared and ill equipped for the hike. I did a lot of research and working out to get ready for the hike. Even so, I was not mentally prepared for the scene at the cables when I got to the top of Quarter Dome. I got there before noon and waited for an hour for the rest of my party tby bobarrowhead - General Discussion
Quotemrcondron When we found the actual pipe we came in from the west. When we came in from Quarter Domes * it was from the east. No GPS either. I think we were looking around in the wet area caused by the intermittent waterway that is just east of the spring. We got water anyway. We should have been carrying more to begin with using the 2 liter Platypus bags. Looking for the spring is noby Frank Furter - General Discussion
When we found the actual pipe we came in from the west. When we came in from Quarter Domes it was from the east. No GPS either. I think we were looking around in the wet area caused by the intermittent waterway that is just east of the spring. We got water anyway. We should have been carrying more to begin with using the 2 liter Platypus bags. Looking for the spring is not a good water plby mrcondron - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Yes, that is "the" spring. For much of the year there is a water a flowing that little blue line to the right... if not the entire year... (coming from the spring). The wifie and I have found the actual pipe a sticking parallel to the ground in years past... but the last time I was there with Mike we a searched and a searched and couldn't find it... So don't knowby Frank Furter - General Discussion
Yes, that is "the" spring. For much of the year there is a water a flowing that little blue line to the right... if not the entire year... (coming from the spring). The wifie and I have found the actual pipe a sticking parallel to the ground in years past... but the last time I was there with Mike we a searched and a searched and couldn't find it... So don't know if someone yanby bill-e-g - General Discussion
QuoteSierrafan I've heard some people call the sub-dome area 'quarter dome' and that's as wrong as calling the visor on top the "diving board". Quarter domes are elsewhere, not part of Half Dome. The Yosemite NP web site has referred to the sub-dome as the "shoulder" At least, I think that's what they were referring to...by Vince - General Discussion
Quarter Domes are just to the southwest and below Clouds Rest. They are the two pointy things down there.by mrcondron - General Discussion
On the first trip I was a little surprised that the granite steps ended, and there seemed to be no indication of where to go...I do think that particular part doesn't get much mention. The steps, no doubt, are mentioned because you get there first, and you can't help but "notice" them. I had started walking up the steps at a normal hiking pace, and quickly discovered that wasn't a gooby Sierrafan - General Discussion
Devils Dance Floor - 6800' One mile south of Tamarack Flat Camp Ground. You can camp at Devils Dance Floor. Quarter Domes - 8280' Short hop from Clouds Rest. Mt Watkins - 8500' Short three miles from Olmstead Point Clouds Rest - 9960" One short day in from Tenaya Lake All these places give a 360 view except Quarter Domes. At Quarter Domes you still get plenty of sky viewing butby mrcondron - General Discussion
Chapter XVIII My Sled-Trip on the Muir Glacier I started off the morning of July 11 on my memorable sled-trip to obtain general views of the main upper part of the Muir Glacier and its seven principal tributaries, feeling sure that I would learn something and at the same time get rid of a severe bronchial cough that followed an attack of the grippe and had troubled me for three monthby eeek - General Discussion
Part II The Trip of 1880 Chapter XIV Sum Dum Bay I arrived early on the morning of the eighth of August on the steamer California to continue my explorations of the fiords to the northward which were closed by winter the previous November. The noise of our cannon and whistle was barely sufficient to awaken the sleepy town. The morning shout of one good rooster was the only eby eeek - General Discussion
Chapter XI The Country of the Chilcats On October 30 we visited a camp of Hoonas at the mouth of a salmon-chuck. We had seen some of them before, and they received us kindly. Here we learned that peace reigned in Chilcat. The reports that we had previously heard were, as usual in such cases, wildly exaggerated. The little camp hut of these Indians was crowded with the food-supplies tby eeek - General Discussion
Chapter 12 How Best to Spend One's Yosemite Time One-Day Excursions No. 1. If I were so time-poor as to have only one day to spend in Yosemite I should start at daybreak, say at three o'clock in midsummer, with a pocketful of any sort of dry breakfast stuff, for Glacier Point, Sentinel Dome, the head of Illilouette Fall, Nevada Fall, the top of Liberty Cap, Vernal Fall and the wild boulder-chokby eeek - General Discussion
Chapter 11 The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley Was Formed All California has been glaciated, the low plains and valleys as well as the mountains. Traces of an ice-sheet, thousands of feet in thickness, beneath whose heavy folds the present landscapes have been molded, may be found everywhere, though glaciers now exist only among the peaks of the High Sierra. No other mountain chain onby eeek - General Discussion
Not sure exactly why you are so gung ho on backpacking when you haven't been to Yosemite before. However, as you wish... ok, so also ... no idea what your experience is or whatnot... But... Day 2 is more than I would recommend for anyone even in good conditions. Factor in that you may hit snow on the upper trail b/c there is plenty of forest cover and it may be quite painful. Again, I don'by joe_schmo - General Discussion
Mars, In '07 the wifie and I went to Echo Valley (just short of Merced Lake), back the high trail and up to Quarter Domes and then out... That was APRIL 6! In '06 the lakes above 8K were still frozen over in July... So, the answer about snow is... it depends... I would just go with the mindset that it is going to be a trudge... I originally planned on 7 days for Whitney and back... butby bill-e-g - General Discussion
From John Muir's The Yosemite: We come now to the grandest of all the Yosemite excursions, one that requires at least two or three weeks. The best time to make it is from about the middle of July. The visitor entering the Yosemite in July has the advantage of seeing the falls not, perhaps, in their very flood prime but next thing to it; while the glacier-meadows will be in their glory and the snby eeek - General Discussion
Fun thread! About Bear, yeah, he slides down what looks to be the shoulder of Half Dome...and why? There's almost always a safer way around. His excuse for taking these incredibly dangerous routes is that "it saves time". Ooh, like it may take an extra hour or two, so instead I'll risk serious injury/death to save some time. It's gotta be one of the stupidest things you can do...riby cthenn - General Discussion
Thanks everyone for the advice. I've rerouted myself a bit based on feedback I've gotten and some further research. The revised plan, with some lingering questions, is: JUL 5-7 - travel and dayhike starting from Glacier Point TUE JUL 8 - begin at Porcupine Creek, hike to North Dome and the top of Yosemite Falls. Camp as far up the Yosemite Creek Trail as possible (goal: near the trail split wheby jeffblaylock - General Discussion
Greetings all! I am finally getting out to Yosemite in July, and I am planning a 10-day backpacking route. I would appreciate this community's thoughts on my tentative itinerary. What would you do differently? What would you skip, and where would you linger (shorter mileage day, dayhikes, etc.)? Where would you camp? What would you add? I know I'll have other questions -- many others, natch --by jeffblaylock - General Discussion
Vince wrote: > It is interesting that Mt. Broderick is considered a mount and > Half Dome is merely a dome. Mount Half Dome? Mount Half? Half Mount? Mount Dome/2? > Excuse me while I shade my dome with my Liberty Cap Liberty Cap deserves more respect too. How about Liberty Hat? 8^) I've seen the visor called the diving board so often that unless it's someone pretty familiar withby Sierrafan - General Discussion
bill-e-g correctly talking about people saying the steep approach section to get to the cables is wrongly called quarter dome by alot of newbs . . . quarter dome(s) themselves are seldom visited . i;ve also seen the visor referred to as "the devil's diving board" (huh?) . i've been to the real diving board twice so i applaud the thread .by Lucrativ - General Discussion
Quarter Domes is the official name of the domes between Half Dome and Clouds Rest.by eeek - General Discussion
Hmmm... Sounds like something that should be on that iPod podcast! Also heard the Dome immediately east of Half Dome being called Quarter Dome a bit too many times for my liking also...by bill-e-g - General Discussion
Fire crews discovered seven new fires burning in Yosemite National Park. These lightning–ignited fires are the result of a series of thunderstorms that passed through Yosemite’s high country over the past week. Six of these newly detected fires will be allowed to spread naturally for additional resource benefit. The decision has been made to suppress the first listed fire due to it being in tby eeek - General Discussion
letterknit wrote: > It seems like chain links would have even more opportunities > for fingers and other things to get caught. Yes, ouch! I definitely agree, chains would be a nightmare. VPW, I've been up Angel's landing, a beautiful climb, but nothing like Half Dome. While it might give you an idea if heights bother you, it's much shorter, less strenuous, and the chained area is nothiby Sierrafan - General Discussion
Here is the Associated Press story: Hiker falls to his death at Yosemite's Half Dome The Associated Press Article Launched: 06/18/2007 09:13:18 AM PDT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—A hiker fell to his death while trekking up Half Dome. Hirofumi Nohara, 37, of Japan slipped and fell while ascending the 4,800-foot granite peak in Yosemite National Park on Saturday afternoon, authorities saidby Vince - General Discussion
Not verified, and if it's true it would be the first fatality on the Cables I've ever heard of...this person who posted on http://www.whitneyportalstore.com was there, here is her report: I have been searching the internet and watching the news, and I can't understand why I have found no news reports of this incident. Right now, if I hadn't actually seen it, I don't know if I'd believe it happeby Vince - General Discussion