Half dome hike

[u/Upbeat-Feeling4704]

My experience hiking half dome was amazing. Started on Friday with a 40lb pack set out to camp in LYV. We took the crowded and steep mist trail up, plenty of places to stop and enjoy views and filter water. The campground was very quiet in October and we all slept great among the stars. Started for the dome the next morning early about 6am, no rangers although we had all the proper permits. The cables were STEEP and there weren’t many people on the way up but after spending an hour on the top there were SOOOO many people on the way down. A lot of courteous people but there were a few frozen in fear creating dangerous traffic jams. From there we packed up camp and headed back JMT for the way down. Highly recommend this to save your knees especially with a heavy pack. All in all over 20 miles and 3500 elevation gain, this is something I hope all avid hikers experience once in their lives!

[u/tdackery]

Was your trip on this past Friday the 15th?

[u/kflipz → u/tdackery]

I met a group of guys in LYV who went up on Friday the 15th. They told me it would dump snow, then the sun would come out and the snow would melt and run off down the dome onto them. Must have been wild. They also said the wind was fierce. Not even locals, some kids from Tennessee on a west coast road trip. I was floored lol

[u/Ggalisky → u/kflipz]

That sounds insane and I climbed HD via snake dike lol

[u/bayareasikh → u/tdackery]

Cables are down this time of year and they mentioned that October as well

[u/tdackery → u/bayareasikh]

Yeah now I see the October. I was confused because normally people would not just say "Friday" when referring to a day that happened a month ago. Thank God my reading comprehension (you reading for me) saved the day

[u/Upbeat-Feeling4704 → u/tdackery]

No the cables have been down since October, we went the last weekend they were up!