If the whole Upper Yosemite Falls trail is a bit too long, you can always do the Columbia Rock Trail as an alternative, which still takes you high above the valley floor via the same trail ...

the Yosemite Falls Trail is one of the oldest in the park. From the start, hikers will use switchbacks to climb the first 1,000 feet to reach the one mile marker at Columbia Rock. At this point ...

While other trails may not have the infrastructure of Half Dome, other mountain hikes have similarly slick terrain to navigate. Columbia Rock, Yosemite's oldest trail, has similar challenges.