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Half Dome, California

Prominence: 1360 ft, 414 m

Elevation: 8840+ feet, 2694+ meters

True Isolation: 2.06 mi, 3.32 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 8840 - 8880 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 8844 ft / 2695 m (Range 8844 - 8884 ft)
Peak Type	Famous Peak, but not High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 44' 45'' N, 119° 32' 0'' W 37.745956, -119.533279 (Dec Deg) 276801 E 4180651 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Mariposa
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Half Dome": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Half Dome at SummitPost.org Half Dome at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Half Dome at Mountain-Forecast.com Half Dome at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Half Dome: Peaks on US State Quarters (Rank #5) Famous Peaks that are not High Points (Rank #6) Sierra Sampler List (Rank #93) Comprehensive Combo Angeles Chapter List (Rank #295) Western States Climbers List (Rank #253) Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section (Rank #236) Western States Climbers Emblem Peaks (Rank #113)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1440 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1351) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2002-07 by Scott Sharaga 2003-07-01 by Patrick Shannon 2005-06-20 by Walter Blume 2007-08 by Ron Stangeland 2008-10-04 by Scott Joyce 2009-09-02 by Paul Maurin 2010-06-16 by Gregor Wakefield 2010-07-06 by Michael Wanberg 2012-09-20 by Chad Painter (GPS Track) 2012-10-06 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2013-06-26 by Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach 2013-08-15 by Peter Stone 2013-08-25 by Marlin Thorman (GPS Track) 2013-09-12 by Ed Logue (GPS Track) 2014-06-04 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2014-09-26 by Lawrence Morrissey (GPS Track) 2015-06-13 by Scott Burley (GPS Track) 2015-08-22 by Jason Park (GPS Track) 2015-09-02 by bob l 2015-09-30 by Ray Thompson 2015-10-07 by Scott Greco 2017-06-07 by Cabe Silverhame (GPS Track) 2017-07-27 by Caleb Crandall 2017-08-21 by Floyd Greenwood 2017-11-08 by Jaime McCandless (GPS Track) 2017-11-24 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track) 2018-01-27 by Eric Gilbertson 2018-05-12 by Naresh Satyan (GPS Track) 2018-06-07 by Nick Goumas 2018-07-07 by Jason Park (GPS Track) 2019-06-11 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track) 2019-06-26 by David Sharg (GPS Track) 2019-11-02 by David Darby (GPS Track) 2020-07-31 by Mike Rossi (GPS Track)
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Half Dome from Glacier Point (2013-08-16). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1360 ft/414 m Optimistic Prominence: 1440 ft/438 m Line Parent: Clouds Rest Key Col: 7480 ft/2280 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.06 mi/3.32 km Isolation Limit Point: 37.76, -119.5 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Clouds Rest (ENE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada Range5: Central Yosemite Sierra Range6: Yosemite Valley
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Yosemite National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Yosemite Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Half Dome O37119f5 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Looking down the famous Half Dome cables towards the sub-dome (2013-08-15). Photo by Peter Stone.
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Hello from the peak of Half Dome! We made it! (2014-05-27). Photo by Cynthia Chan.
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At the summit (2011-08-17). Photo by Sandeep Kumar.
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Top of The Dome, Yosemite National Park Photo by Gretchen Nelson.
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Trudging up the west shoulder of Half Dome after finishing the Snake Dike route (2012-05). Photo by Richard Jones.
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From Clouds Rest (2018-07-07). Photo by Jason Park.
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No waiting (2015-09-30). Photo by Ray Thompson.
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Yay! (2018-08-25). Photo by Ana Barnett.
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At Columbia Rock Benchmark with Half Dome at the back (2020-02-04). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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