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Half Dome Cables To Go Up Friday At Yosemite National Park

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May 10, 2018

Cables going up Half Dome at Yosemite should be in place Friday/NPS

With warm weather becoming more prevalent, it's time for crews to put the cables up on the shoulder of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. They are scheduled to be in place this Friday.

The trail will be wet and icy in places and visitors planning to ascend Half Dome are encouraged to be prepared for wet and cool hiking conditions, a park release said.  

There is a daily lottery for a limited number of permits which are required to ascend the Half Dome Cables. This lottery opened on Wednesday for the summer season. These permits are available online through the daily lottery operated by www.recreation.gov. To apply for a daily lottery permit, applications are accepted from 12:01 a.m. to 1 p.m. two days in advance of the intended hiking date. Lottery applicants may request up to six permits.

Day use permits are required to ascend the Half Dome cables 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A $10 application fee will be charged for each application, and a $10 permit fee will be charged for each permit issued.

Day use permits cannot be obtained in person through any office in Yosemite National Park. Permit applicants must use their legal name when applying for a permit and a matching government-issued ID is required at the permit check point.

For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200, press 1 and press 1 again.

 

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