Are Permits Required To Climb Half Dome?
Yosemite National Park will implement the Half Dome Cables Day Use Permit Interim Program beginning this summer for ascending the Half Dome cables on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. No permits will be required for the Half Dome cables Monday through Thursday. Weekend and holidays permit reservations will be accepted starting Monday, March 1, at 7:00 a.m. PST, for the months of May and June, 2010. Permits for July and August 2010 will be available on April1, 2010. For September and October 2010, on May 1, 2010. Reservations are available at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time. 300 permits will be available for each day, with a limit of 4 permits per reservation. All permits will be available through recreation.gov, with no permits available for pick-up at the park. There is a fee of $1.50 per permit reservation.
