Half Dome
CACalifornia & the Sierra · Scramble
Summit
8,839 ft
Round trip
16 mi
Gain
5,300 ft
Route
Cables
In season May–OctLottery · Cables lottery
Lottery permit — apply in the (often months-ahead) window on recreation.gov; don't lock dates until you're drawn.
Find it on recreation.gov →The cables up the last 400 ft of granite — Yosemite's iconic objective.
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