louka - Mar 23, 2019 9:05 am Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2019
Haleakala: Sea to Sky
I started at the Huialoha Church at Kaupo and took the Gaupo Gap trail all the way to the summit. As others have pointed out, the trail is pretty overgrown much of the way, and it is easy to go off track. Also, there are wild boars at the higher elevations, but they seem skittish and not a problem. Here is some GoPro footage that shows the conditions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxIBxKb9Oqc
Karl Helser - Jan 16, 2015 9:11 am Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2015
Sea to Summit to Sea
Did the Sea to Summit then back to the Sea hike via the Kaupo Gap Trail. Deb and I touched the sea, down by the Mokulau church at 3:22am and finished at the same place that night at 10:30pm. The lower Kaupo Gap trail is trash. it lies on private ranch land and is the responsibility of the ranch to maintain....and they don't. This tail doesn't get enough use to maintain itself. Even though we reconed the lower trail the day before, we still had issues coming back down in the dark. We made it though, so all is good. Because of a rare storm a couple of days before, that dumped snow at the summit, the summit was closed and we had it to ourselves. We never saw another person all day, until we hit the summit, where there was a ranger getting ready to open the park.
louka - Mar 23, 2019 9:05 am Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2019
Haleakala: Sea to SkyI started at the Huialoha Church at Kaupo and took the Gaupo Gap trail all the way to the summit. As others have pointed out, the trail is pretty overgrown much of the way, and it is easy to go off track. Also, there are wild boars at the higher elevations, but they seem skittish and not a problem. Here is some GoPro footage that shows the conditions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxIBxKb9Oqc
Karl Helser - Jan 16, 2015 9:11 am Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2015
Sea to Summit to SeaDid the Sea to Summit then back to the Sea hike via the Kaupo Gap Trail. Deb and I touched the sea, down by the Mokulau church at 3:22am and finished at the same place that night at 10:30pm. The lower Kaupo Gap trail is trash. it lies on private ranch land and is the responsibility of the ranch to maintain....and they don't. This tail doesn't get enough use to maintain itself. Even though we reconed the lower trail the day before, we still had issues coming back down in the dark. We made it though, so all is good. Because of a rare storm a couple of days before, that dumped snow at the summit, the summit was closed and we had it to ourselves. We never saw another person all day, until we hit the summit, where there was a ranger getting ready to open the park.