Hiked last week, from Tenaya Lake up to Cloud's Rest, then down the other side. I got to the switchback that would be the right place for the XC to Half Dome Trail, and we explored the beginning of the XC route, but our group was not comfortable doing it at that time. We agreed that it definitely looks doable. We went back to the Cloud's Rest trail, and continued down to JMT to Happy Isles. Aby cholla - General Discussion
As an avid cyclist, I've ridden lots of different places. Several years ago, I rode from Yosemite Valley up to Glacier Point. What a fun, challenging, and scenic ride! I also rode up and down Haleakala in Maui, and agree that organized tours for tourists on bikes (as opposed to experienced cyclists) present risks to the participants and others. I'd love to ride the Tioga Road, but haven't yetby cholla - General Discussion
Mike, When you did this, did you hike down the steep hill in the center of your photo, or around the base of it? It looks to me like we could stay on the CR trail switchbacks until the longer one, just before the CR trail heads down to JMT parallel to the granite. Then, we could stay in or close to the tree cover all the way to HD, unless we go to ionQuarter Domes. We'll be right next to itby cholla - General Discussion
Thanks to both of you for your replies. I found the photo below online - it is apparently taken from Half Dome shoulder "sub-dome?", looking towards Cloud's Rest. As you can see, it looks like my route is workable, staying to the east of Quarter Dome and the dropoff into Tenaya Canyon, but west/north of the visible Granite Slab. The regular CR trail heads down to JMT parallel to, andby cholla - General Discussion
Hello, I am planning a long day hike from Tenaya Lake, up to Cloud's Rest, then to Half Dome and down to Happy Isles. Our group are fit and experienced hikers, but not rock climbers. We have all done Half Dome before. Looking at trail maps and Google Earth, it seems that we could descend Cloud's Rest, but instead of descending all the way to JMT and then back up to Half Dome, we could heaby cholla - General Discussion