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Although not the most well-kept of trails we visited during our Kokee 2012 camping trip, Honopu Ridge probably had one of the most rewarding views. The trail starts along Kokee Road, slightly north of the Awaawapuhi Trail, with enough room for a few cars to park at the unmarked trailhead. After settling into our (Baron […]

Neither Halawa Ridge nor the Haiku Hidden Stairway have been on my radar for “hikes to do in the near future,” but when Joshua Serrano (808 Goonies) sends out a hike invite, it usually is worth attending. After we hiked the contouring trail up Halawa Ridge, we headed north on the Koolau Summit Trail to […]

As another connector trail to the Haiku Stairs (aka “Stairway to Heaven”) via the Koolau Summit Trail (KST), the Bowman Trail was another ridge hike to cross off the bucket list. Although the socked-in Koolaus looked discouraging today, the clouds cleared as we summitted and we (Jason Lee, Tim Busby, Seth Eason, Katie Ersbak, Jenelyn […]

Wailupe Valley is pretty foreign to most people, aside from residents of Hawaii Kai and dedicated hikers. After doing a biological survey of stream life in the lower and middle reaches of the valley for work, I’ve been wanting to explore further back into Wailupe, as well as look for any ridge trails that terminate […]

Olomana is a popular advanced hike in Maunawili, Oahu… Some people hike to the first peak, while others get more adventurous and travel to the summit of the third peak (called Ahiki). However, not many people do it’s reverse (coined “Anamolo“), which can be accomplished in a few different ways. Keep in mind, Reverse Olomana […]

[Part 1 – Reconnaissance] [Part 2 – Summiting and Descent] The following documentation describes an unsafe activity and extremely dangerous, NO ONE should attempt to repeat this unless willing to accept consequences such as serious injury and/or death, etc. As I mentioned from the first post about the Kalahaku Teeth, it is the most dangerous […]

Another section of the Koolau Summit Trail (KST) that I haven’t explored yet, the segment between the Waikane Trail and Waiahole Uka Trail summits, was soon to be completed after a recent invite from Pete Clines. I recently heard that the view from the summit of the Waikane Trail (Puu Kaaumakua) is one of the […]

One local community on the North shore of Kauai, the Waipa Foundation (website above), focuses their efforts on restoration and sustainability in their watershed. They are using the monitoring stations and network to help them understand more about water resources and management. For example, they want to monitor the results of large scale wetland restoration […]

True Manamana (Puu Manamana proper) is an advanced/extreme hike, which continues from the turnover/junction from the popular, shorter Puu Manamana or Kahekili Ridge Trail. Hiking on a cloudless day with the absence of the northeast tradewinds is a mistake I’ll never make on this hike again. We (Troy Takara, Jenelyn Castillo and Jeremy Kreis) started […]

Since the heavy Koolau rains forced us to abandon our original hike on Kalahaku; Jeremy, Reanne, Jenelyn and I opted for a drier hike on West Oahu. Puu Ohikilolo is located a little more than half-way up Ohikilolo Ridge, which terminates at the area of the Waianae Summit known as “Three corners.” Already on late […]