The Many Aspects of Half Dome - Photos from around Yosemite

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cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 5, 2012 - 05:10pm PT
Some time during our High Sierra Loop adventure, we started to talk about the many different views of Half Dome we’ve seen this year. Sure, your average Yosemite visitor has the standard pictures from Inspiration Point, Glacier Point, Sentinel Bridge, etc. But venture a little further off the beaten path and there are lots more views to be had (and our collection is far from complete).

Enjoy!

Half Dome from Glacier Point

Casey tops out on Acorn Dome

The brilliant south face from the Clouds Rest trail (cables route is visible on the right side)


A hazy Half Dome above Merced Lake from the High Sierra Loop

More Photos:

http://www.dreaminvertical.com/2012/11/the-many-aspects-of-half-dome/

Please post up some more photos of Half Dome! It would be interesting to see how many angles we can get.

 Luke
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:38pm PT
wonderful wonderful shots!! I love to see different perspectives of the valley.


more more more
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:41pm PT
not my photo(from rei.com)

S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:42pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:43pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:44pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:50pm PT
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 05:52pm PT
cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 06:12pm PT
Sweet! I liked this one that was posted on another thread:

S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Dec 5, 2012 - 06:33pm PT
I liked that one too. Is there a picture of 1/2 dome from further away?
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Dec 5, 2012 - 07:25pm PT

DM88T

climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
Dec 7, 2012 - 12:18am PT
Sept 14, 2012
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Dec 7, 2012 - 12:28am PT

1/2 dome from behind Tenaya peak, taken the same day as your photo DM88T. Too funny! Can't wait to climb that thing one day. Awesome shots everyone!
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:28am PT
Almost the same angle as Joe's last one above, but with late afternoon shadows.

From top of E Quarter Dome (not much different than Cloud's Rest Trail).

Peter Haan posted this to On The Edge thread.

And see Peter's thread for aerial views:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/841420/FURTHER-IMAGE-STUDIES-BACK-OF-HALF-DOME

[Click to View YouTube Video]

Jim Zellers' snowboard descent of Half Dome, 2000. photo by Dick Leversee
from http://mrhalfdome.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/snowboard-down-half-dome-2/
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20000413/SPORTS/104137394

Had been skiied by Eric Perlman and Bob Bellman in 1980.

Luke, are you gonna give us a real Acorn Dome report sometime? :-)

P.S. Karl,

Chad repeated the crack (arch) part of Growing Up awhile back. He passed on the aid ladder and rap bolted upper part.
Karl Baba

Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:34am PT
What a stone!

I gotta think there's a lot of undiscovered routes up there still

And can't believe that Growing Up hasn't had a second ascent despite spectacular cracks.

People hate hiking it seems

Peace

Karl
Karl Baba

Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:43am PT




Karl Baba

Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
Dec 7, 2012 - 04:44am PT


Mark Hudon

Trad climber
Hood River, OR
Dec 7, 2012 - 10:29am PT
Cool photos!
When I can't climb anymore, I'm just going to wander around the whole park!
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Dec 7, 2012 - 10:45am PT

martygarrison

Trad climber
Washington DC
Dec 7, 2012 - 11:12am PT
Short Fall Sean

Social climber
Dec 7, 2012 - 11:25am PT
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
Dec 7, 2012 - 11:27am PT
Is there a picture of 1/2 dome from further away?

Like from space?


some classic shots collected here!
MarkWoz

climber
Dec 7, 2012 - 12:10pm PT



Chango

Trad climber
norcal
Dec 7, 2012 - 12:51pm PT
Zander

climber
Dec 9, 2012 - 10:24pm PT
Lots of purty pictures in this thread.
I want to play too,





cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2012 - 06:45pm PT
Death Slabs view of Half Dome.

Spent a lot at Acorn dome over the summer. I'll be posting up a trip report later on. Beautiful granite, but very few cracks. A good angle for slab routes.

Pscyhed on all the cool photos. Love the shots from Tenaya Canyon.

 Luke
gstock

climber
Yosemite Valley
Dec 11, 2012 - 07:43pm PT


TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Dec 11, 2012 - 08:07pm PT

Don't know where I stole these from:

R.B.

Trad climber
47N 122W
Dec 11, 2012 - 09:08pm PT
Adamame

climber
Santa Cruz
Dec 11, 2012 - 09:32pm PT



Risk

Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
Dec 12, 2012 - 12:58am PT



briham89

Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
Dec 12, 2012 - 01:19am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 12, 2012 - 01:45am PT
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Dec 12, 2012 - 04:22am PT
hey there say, all....

wow, i had the NEATEST pic of chappy leaning against a corner-rail of metal, it half-dome in the distnace, from aboum about 45? years AGO!!

we never knew the part yosemite would play in our life then:

his climbing and buddies...

lynday ballerini and her kids being my mom's grandkids...

and all the etc, as i once day got to bring my kids, there, as well...
all the way from south texas...

and now, all my new taco buddies...

sadly the picture disappeared... i found the first pic, but not the second with him... and after divorce, all the old negatives are gone, :(
got left behind and thrown out, :(


got another neat pic that perhaps i can share, if i can find it...
:)

thanks for the neat share...

:)
Plaidman

Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Dec 12, 2012 - 09:24am PT
Taken from top of first pitch of Southface Washington Column.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Dec 12, 2012 - 11:19am PT
a very photogenic piece of rock...
here are a few ones quick to get to... more later (perhaps)


















mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 12, 2012 - 11:34am PT
Yet knott a single one of the SW Face, Ed. Wattsa matta you?

The rest are gorgeous, though. Looking forward to more.

le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Dec 12, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
Adamame, what route on you on there (caption "Puhvel")? Get benighted? Give us a TR!

Great pics, all.



briham89

Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
Dec 12, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Dec 12, 2012 - 02:43pm PT
This was my "fusion" entry for a t shirt design contest. :-)

Apologies to Ansel Adams and Bud Clark / Michael Ryerson ....
http://artsamerica.org/blog/location/expose-yourself-to-public-art/
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Dec 12, 2012 - 03:11pm PT
This is funny Clint. I would vote for that if I knew how funny it looks.
gstock

climber
Yosemite Valley
Dec 12, 2012 - 04:55pm PT


ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
bouldering
Dec 12, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
I was sort of cross referencing these pics. The obvious slab left of "Snake in the Grass" looks ripe for the picking. There is a water-course down through that area so the rock would be high quality(?). CLINT PHOTO/Overlay vv
GSTOCK Photo vv
tiki-jer

Trad climber
fresno/clovis
Dec 13, 2012 - 12:24am PT
How about that one shot of BigFoot taking a whizz and Half Dome behind him.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Dec 13, 2012 - 02:50am PT




perhaps more later
cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2012 - 02:02pm PT
Love that shot of the SW Face.

Here is another view from XRez:


Bigger Photo:
http://www.dreaminvertical.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HalfDomeXRez.png

 Luke
cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 19, 2012 - 02:50pm PT
Sweet photo (from this week) by my friend Colin


 Luke
Floyd Hayes

Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
Dec 19, 2012 - 06:12pm PT
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Dec 19, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
Great pics everyone! Keep 'em coming. Even a bird/dome pic - nice!
S.Leeper

Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
Apr 26, 2013 - 04:55pm PT
a great shot from the intardwebz

crunch

Social climber
CO
Apr 26, 2013 - 05:02pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Apr 26, 2013 - 05:22pm PT
nutjob

Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
Apr 26, 2013 - 06:49pm PT
I have some more recent nice ones, but my current uploading capability is messed up.

One of the standard summit shots:

From the top of Sentinel:

From the top of Higher Cathedral Rock:

Sunrise from the top of Lower Brother:

From a bitchin' spot on Via Aqua:

From somewhere on Yosemite Falls Trail:

Fading light on East Buttress of El Cap:

From a bivy on the East Ledges descent:

From Yosemite Point (or closer to the falls maybe):

From snowshoes on the John Muir Trail:

A winter jaunt near Mirror Lake:


There is a lot of rock in this picture:

Shortly after I proposed to my lady (we had the entire summit to ourselves):
cultureshock

Trad climber
Mountain View
Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2013 - 06:24pm PT
Rad photos NutJob! Missed it when you posted them.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jun 18, 2013 - 01:47am PT
great thread, thx for the pics all.
DM88T

climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
Nov 12, 2014 - 10:30pm PT


Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Nov 12, 2014 - 11:05pm PT
Sweet pics!

I see you've been here Ed. Nice framing.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 13, 2014 - 08:19am PT
From the Golden Age.
Jim Shirley photos.

My photos from Schilling Ridge Rd. last summer.
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Nov 13, 2014 - 08:19am PT
That old piece of stone is still there and my buddy is long gone, miss you GhoulweJ......we had so much fun that day.

Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 09:41am PT
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Nov 13, 2014 - 10:05am PT


Burnin' Oil

Trad climber
CA
Nov 13, 2014 - 10:57am PT
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Nov 13, 2014 - 12:16pm PT
DM88T, what an image, worthy of posting again.


Also QITNL bringing the goods, as always.

Great shots, all.
TeleK

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Nov 13, 2014 - 03:23pm PT
Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 08:57pm PT
Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 09:02pm PT
Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 09:06pm PT
Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
Psilocyborg

climber
Nov 13, 2014 - 09:13pm PT
Andy Fielding

Trad climber
UK
Nov 15, 2014 - 01:03pm PT

Shadow
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Nov 15, 2014 - 01:25pm PT

DM88T

climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
Nov 17, 2014 - 09:18pm PT
TT, wonderful carpet of clouds

looks easy from here

climber
Ben Lomond, CA
Nov 21, 2014 - 01:44pm PT
Can any of our resident astronomy/math buffs calculate if that might actually be Mt. Clark's shadow, or if it's just an effect from the shape of Half Dome? Pic was taken 11/16/14 around 0715.
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Nov 21, 2014 - 09:49pm PT
looks easy...I take it that's a long exposure taken ~1/2 hour before sunrise





Banquo

climber
Amerricka
Nov 22, 2014 - 07:05am PT
Srbphoto

climber
Kennewick wa
Nov 22, 2014 - 08:04am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 22, 2014 - 08:31am PT
^^^Brilliant! Have a half of a Clif Bar, young man.

^^^Prosaic, mundane, ho-hum, and taken on April Fool's Day. I'll have the other half of that Clif Bar, though.
looks easy from here

climber
Ben Lomond, CA
Nov 22, 2014 - 08:33am PT
looks easy...I take it that's a long exposure taken ~1/2 hour before sunrise

Oops, 0615 was the time my camera said it was taken, but I bet it was 0715 and my camera didn't reset for the time change. I thought that seemed a bit early.

That's a pretty cool link you posted, I'll have to geek out on it a bit when I get to a real computer. Thanks.
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Nov 22, 2014 - 10:52am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 22, 2014 - 11:09am PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Nov 22, 2014 - 05:21pm PT
For a second there mouse I thought you had taken a photo from the same spot...thanks for lightening it up.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 23, 2014 - 05:52am PT
Hey, dome mention it.

It looks like a bad case of dandruff on the old gal. But scenic dandruff. I'd forgotten how it looks up there. Thanks for the pict.
Bad Climber

climber
Nov 23, 2014 - 06:47am PT
Great, great thread! One hellofa rock. One pic up thread features the only two grade VI's I've done--West Face of El Cap and NWFHD. Neat.

BAd
Srbphoto

climber
Kennewick wa
Nov 23, 2014 - 09:42am PT
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Nov 25, 2014 - 07:19pm PT
From the Nature Conservancy and worth sharing:
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 5, 2014 - 01:30am PT
This shows the peaks of the Sierra Nevada from appr. Slide Mtn. on south to Tioga Pass.
Mt. Conness, I confess, is the only one that I have scaled.
This last shot appears to have been taken while over (approximate) Peregoy Meadow;
or maybe Bridal Veil CG, along the road to Glacier Point.
This series is owned by Jay, who was operating as Merced Tours but no longer.
These are the actual size of each of these prints.
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Dec 5, 2014 - 09:57pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 4, 2015 - 10:55pm PT
^^^ there's got to be a story behind that pict., TT. Whitemeat's ascent w/Eric of Mt. Watkins SF.
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/South-Face-Of-Mount-Watkins-VIDEO/t12642n.html

You do the campfire proud, Whitemeat.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Feb 4, 2015 - 11:06pm PT
@ tuolumne_tradster
I Slept a night in that shelter once. woot!
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Feb 4, 2015 - 11:28pm PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 5, 2015 - 09:21am PT
The story behind that pic is that it was a planned bivy after climbing Snake Dike BITD (~ late 1970s). The objective was to embrace the cosmos while achieving an inner peace in unimaginable surroundings enhanced by edible magic fungi (aka shrooms). As the sun was setting, a hand-shaped ice cloud appeared that reflected the sun's rays exhibiting pastel colors (see photo below). The index finger of the ice cloud hand appeared to be pointing right at the summit of half dome. Naturally we assumed this was a signal to us that a close encounter of some kind was to take place that evening. Instead the clouds moved in, the wind picked up and we froze our asses off in those bivy sacks. We got up early the next morning and got the hell out of there.

le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Feb 5, 2015 - 10:53am PT
T_Tradster, good story. Amazing that you didn't get precip from the looks of that first pic.

QITNL, killing it as always with the top-shelf photos. Shame that it was the last post on the page. Okay if I repost?


Edit: where did you bivy the night you took this pic, Joe?
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Feb 5, 2015 - 11:37am PT
I forgot about this thread! Let's see if I can dig up some more good ones...















NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Feb 5, 2015 - 11:46am PT





mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 5, 2015 - 11:54am PT
Nut Again! and again ad infinity.

Those really rock!
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 5, 2015 - 03:53pm PT
NutAgain: you posted some incredible shots!

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 5, 2015 - 07:31pm PT
Short clip of Diving Board from where "Monolith" was shot by Ansel Admans.[Click to View YouTube Video]Classical piano in new "Abounds Sound."
Definitely check out the offering at the end, about AA's "Moonrise."
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Feb 5, 2015 - 07:37pm PT
Outstanding short video clip! The music really fits with it and adds a nice ambiance. It's also cool to see actual motion from the olden days, to see how people climbed, how they used casual belays when it got a little technical (but not too much).

It's more exposed feeling than it seems from pictures to be on the ridgeline of the diving board.

Edit: And thanks for appreciating my photos. They serve me well as mental vacations nowadays when I don't have as much time as I'd like for doing stuff like that.
east side underground

climber
Hilton crk,ca
Feb 5, 2015 - 08:04pm PT
sweet photos everyone........I suck at photography but I really enjoy all you talented folks efforts ..... thankyou
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Feb 6, 2015 - 12:20am PT
Wow mouse - I met him once when I was the janitor at AAG.
It was like running into God.
powwow

Trad climber
Tahoakland, CA
Feb 6, 2015 - 07:27am PT
A few that I like



tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 6, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Feb 6, 2015 - 05:54pm PT















Some posted before. What a formation.
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Feb 6, 2015 - 06:26pm PT
I love this thread!
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 6, 2015 - 07:38pm PT
me too. HD shadow from summit.

ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Feb 9, 2015 - 09:23pm PT

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