3D print Half Dome and the Half Dome Trail
Half Dome on one print, with the Half Dome Trail raised in orange on the terrain. Open it in the generator, change the size or colors, and export a slicer-ready 3MF.
Half Dome Trail
- Full hike
- 8.2 mi (13 km) each way via the Mist Trail
- Elevation gain
- 4,800 ft (1,460 m)
- Cables
- The final 400 ft (120 m)
- Permit
- Required while the cables are up
- On the print
- 3.2 km, as mapped in OpenStreetMap
2,680 m of mountain, 37 mm on your shelf
The print covers 8 by 8 km. On a 160 mm print the summit stands 37 mm above the valleys.
- True scale
The print opens at true scale: the mountain is as tall as it really is for the print size. Raise the Elevation multiplier for a more dramatic model.
- The trail
The Half Dome Trail prints as a raised 1.2 mm orange line, drawn from its OpenStreetMap route. Give it its own filament color, or turn it off on the GPX tab.
- Colors
Forest, meadow, bare rock, ice and water each get their own color where the land has them, so a multi-color printer shows where the trees give way to rock.
About Half Dome
Half Dome is a dome of quartz monzonite at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. One side is a sheer face while the other three are smooth and round, so it looks like a dome cut in half. It rises to over 8,800 feet above sea level.
George Anderson made the first ascent in 1875, close to where the cables run today.
The Half Dome Trail
The hike to the top runs 8.2 miles (13 km) from the valley floor via the Mist Trail, past Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, with 4,800 feet (1,460 m) of climbing. While the cables are up, from May to October, every hiker needs a permit.
The Half Dome Trail is the last 2 miles (3.2 km): several hundred feet of rock stairs, then the final 400 feet (120 m) up the dome between two steel cables. The print draws this last stretch from OpenStreetMap.
Next to the others
How Half Dome measures up
Common questions
Is the Half Dome 3D print free?
Yes. The generator runs in your browser and exports a 3MF file you can open in any common slicer. There is no account or payment.
Is the Half Dome Trail on the print?
Yes. Print this mountain adds it from its OpenStreetMap route (3.2 km as mapped) and raises it on the terrain. The footprint is 8 by 8 km, centered on the summit and wide enough for all of it.
Is the mountain printed at its true height?
Yes, it starts at true scale, about 37 mm of relief on a 160 mm print. Raise the Elevation multiplier for a more dramatic model.
Can I get an STL instead of a 3MF?
The generator exports 3MF, which keeps each color as its own part. Any slicer can open it and save an STL if you need one.
