Saturday, May 9, 2015

Glacier Point to Half Dome

One of the best trails ever.  The route from Glacier Pt. to Half Dome has it all...huge views of Yosemite Valley, tons of waterfalls, way less people than the Mist Trail, and a spectacular finish up the cables to infamous Half Dome.  I got to Glacier Pt. around dinner time to find that it was snowing on and off.  There were just a few photographers and i there with incredible views of Half Dome peering out behind the clouds.  
I woke up early to start heading across the Panorama Trail.  The Panorama Trail is incredible.  The views are world class the entire time.  I got to see the sunrise as I approached the top of Nevada Falls.  I had got my Half Dome permit as the cables were put up 3 weeks before labor day due to a dry winter.  Thankfully the light snow from the night before was melting under the sun as I headed up to the cables.  There were 3 of us on top of Half Dome with the place to ourselves!  An incredible day on an awesome route of the highlights of Yosemite!