Half Dome Speed Climbing Records

Speed records for the Regular Northwest Face, Direct Northwest Face, Tis-sa-ack, Jet Stream and Snake Dike.

For info on the Half Dome Run, see the Yosemite Trail Running page. If you have an ascent to add, post it to the speedclimbing forum or drop me a line

The Regular North West Face

Team Times
1. 1:53:25 - Jim Herson and Hans Florine. October 99. Full details
2. 2:08 Tim Oneil and Dean Potter. Sept 1999
3. 2:25 Jim Herson and Hans Florine. Sept 1999
4. 2:56 Jose Perayera and Dean Potter. Fall 1998
5. 3:01 Peter Coward and Hans Florine. July 1996
6. 3:20 Chandlee Harrel and Greg Murphy. July 1996
7. 3:42 Peter Coward and Hans Florine. July 1996
8. 3:50 Renan Ozturk and Nick Martino. May 2003 (Half Dome and El Capitan linkup)
9. 4:20? John Bachar and Peter Croft. 1986?
10. 4:40? Andres Puhvel and Hans Florine. 1995
11. 18:? Steve Roper and Jeff Foote. 1966 FOD
Solo Times
1. 3:58 - Hans Florine (fastest solo ascent). July 99(Half Dome and El Capitan solo in a day)
2. 4:17 - Dean Potter. Fall 1998
3. 5:07 - Ben Zartman. September 1999
4. 5:57 - Miles Smart. September 1999
All-female Teams
1. 5:25 - Heidi Wertz and Vera Shulte-Pelcum. June 2004
2. 9:45 - Vera Wong and Abby Watkins. 1996
Male/Female Teams
1. 5:40 - Abby Watkins and Hans Florine. Spring 1997
2. 5:57 - Stephanie Davis and Dean Potter. September 1999
3. 6:30 - Vera Schulte-Pelkum and Erik Roed. June 2002
4. 6:50 - Nancy Feagin and Hans Florine. July 1993

18:50 -- Eric George, Russ Metrovich, and Jared Ogden. October 99

Snake Dike times are car-to-car times. See the Royal Arches records for Snake Dike and Royal Arches linkups.