Monday, May 13, 2013

Kulanui (Mariners)Ridge and Kamehame Ridge - March 30, 2013

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With Baby at home, hiking has taken a backseat for a while. My brother Robert came down for a visit from Hilo so Kai, Robert and I headed up Kaluanui Ridge. We had planned on heading down the Ko`olau Summit Trail to Kamehame, but some injuries cancelled those plans. The post-dawn view from the Kaluanui summit was great, as always.

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Pu`u O Kona was clouded over.

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The clouds gave the Ko`olau a "Lord of the Rings" feel.

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Leaving the Kaluanui ridge trail we notice some new additions to the trailhead.

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Instead of hiking along the KST to Kamehame, we just drove over to the ridge and made our way up the road to the summit. Got a good view of the puka.

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Made it past the Hawaii Leadership Academy.

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And walked up to the summit.

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You could see people at the top of the Koko Crater tracks.

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We also saw some hikers on the ridge just Ewa from Kamehame.

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We checked out the "Kamehame Stairs".

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The view from the top was amazing, of course.
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Two easy hikes in one day! More photos: