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A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

Problems: crowding; impacts to trails; impacts to attractions Management Strategies: limit use Management Practices: rationing/allocation; rules and regulations; law enforcement

Yosemite National Park 1890 A “crown jewel” park John Muir 1,200 square mile Sierra Nevada Mountains Half Dome is legendary in the climbing community First technical ascent of the vertical north face was in 1957 via a route pioneered by Royal Robbins and others A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

Nearly 50 climbing routes today John Muir Trail to Half Dome Trail “Cables route” Cables were installed in 1919 to increase visitation 400 vertical feet, 100% grade, 9,000 feet above sea level, exposed on all sides “Half Dome is the ultimate Yosemite day hike – the one you can’t die without doing, and the on you’re most likely to die while doing.” A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

10-12 demanding hours Route polished by hiking boots Altitude sickness Vertigo “Everything in my body was shaking. I felt like I was going to vomit.” Inadequate preparation Increasing number of accidents requiring SAR Deaths in 1985, 2007, and 2009 Half Dome is in designated wilderness Mandatory permit system instituted in 2010 A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

Use is limited on weekend days to 400 hikers: 300 day hikers and 100 backpacking groups No permit necessary on weekdays (2010) Cost for permits was $1.50 (plus $5.00 per group processing fee) Up to four months in advance Sold out in 32 minutes No permit - $5000 fine and/or six months in jail Use shifted to weekdays Weekday permits were required in 2011 A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

Permits on Craigslist for as much as $100 Research on crowding More than 30 people on the cables – some visitors move outside the cables Computer simulation model This Page Intentionally Left Blank A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite

Yosemite National Park

Half Dome: Know Before You Go (6:04)Half Dome: Know Before You Go Hike up Half Dome (6:43)Hike up Half Dome Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome (Associated Press)Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome Death on Half Dome: 7/31/2011 (3:49)Death on Half Dome: 7/31/2011 A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite