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| seeksit | Second time on the summit  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Drove the road both times. Awesome sunset views. Watching the mountain's shadow creep off the clouds below and up into the sky as the sun set was the best part of the show. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 3:35 pm | ||
| miztflip | Humu`ula Trail Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Great, easy hike. It felt like the moon. Started at the visitor center and hiked to the summit via the Humu`ula Trail. I also stopped by the lake. 4:10 car to car | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 7:14 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | 0 to 13796 Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Even though I did 4 14ers in the 2 weeks prior I was a bit lightheaded on the short hike from the parking area to the summit. Amazing what a week at 0ft will do for the acclimatization. Oh, and I drove the road in a Dodge Caliber. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 5:42 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Cold in shorts Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2006 | |
| Ok, it was a short hike up the highest point from the road so I figured I could survive in beach shorts. Boy it was cold for Hawaii! While gone, Park Ranger knocked on window to ask my wife if our infant child was ok. Pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/state_highpoint/hawaii/mauna_kea_161.htm | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2009 4:04 am | ||
| craghag | Silversword and Lava Flows Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2005 | |
| I climbed this sea bump with Joe and several automobiles. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2009 12:15 pm | ||
| boisedoc | still snow Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2009 | |
| I drove up the road after finishing my hike up Mauna Loa. Mauna Kea was still covered in snow about 13000ft. It was 35 degrees at the summit. Took about 10 minutes to walk to the summit | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2009 10:49 pm | ||
| TJ311 | Lots Of Snow Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2009 | |
| Couldn't have had a better day. Long hike in the deep snow left over from the storm the week before. Who knew Hawaii had snow like this? A lot of locals at the top enjoying the snowboarding and skiing. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2009 8:12 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | Whiteout conditions Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2009 | |
| We called the information line in the morning and found that the road had been cleared to the summit. Amazing! So we headed up and found that we were not the only ones wishing to use their holiday to drive up to Mauna Kea. Huge numbers of vehicles, many of them big 4WD pickups being used to haul snow back down the mountain. We finally got to the top where we found fog, high winds, and whiteout conditions. We bundled up, talked to a couple of guys who seemed interested in going with us, invited them to come along even though they weren't prepared. They did want to come along, so we led them over there. Without GPS we wouldn't have been able to find the summit, but with it we found it easily after struggling through the deep snow. Never saw a view, unfortunately. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2009 1:59 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Mauna Kea Summit. Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2002 | |
| Actually Kelly and I drove up to the observatory (4,198 m/13,796 ft), then we started hiking and summiting all of the small peaks of this huge volcano. We had an awesome time and weather. We didn't know we could find snow in Hawaii, we didn't use eye protection, so Kelly got snow blindness. We drove down to Hilo Hospital were she got medical attention. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2008 11:58 am | ||
| Smithman123 | Shorts and Snow Date Climbed: Feb 6, 2008 | |
| Didn't do the hike, but scrambled through two feet of fresh snow from the observatories just to make a point of actually being at the top. A ranger was watching my friend and I with concern as we had just driven up from Hilo and hadn't bothered to change out of our shorts and sandals! | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2008 4:15 pm | ||
| Kadee | Drive Up | |
| Drove up with my dad. Nice daddy-daughter peak. Plan to return and do the hike. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2008 9:08 pm | ||
| crnhlio | Good workout Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2003 | |
| Great day with family | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:35 am | ||
| TLP | Got it done Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2008 | |
| Hiked the Mauna Kea trail, which was great! It was a tough hike mentally, but I made it through. When I was going up the final part of the road, the ranger drove up to check how I was doing. I appreciated that. I was thinking of hitching a ride back down, but I hiked back down as well. All right, 39 State highpoints. There was still a bit of snow left on the final ridge, so I can say I touched snow in HI in June. How cool is that? | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2008 5:08 pm | ||
| Levi | Great Sunset! Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2008 | |
| While I did reach the summit I cant say I climbed it. My brother, my mom and I drove up from Hilo just in time for the sunset. Going from sea level to the summit in about 2 hours I really felt the altitude. Went down to visitor center and star gazed. Not so much of a climb but it was an amazing trip. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 5:32 pm | ||
| I like it on top | Sand to Snow Date Climbed: Mar 24, 2008 | |
| Beautiful day. Interesting to be playing on the beach in 80 degrees, then be playing in the snow in 37 degrees. Due to time contstraints had to drive up instead of hiking but hopefully return again for the hike. Wonderful views. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2008 5:44 am | ||
| SpiceMan | No stopping Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2008 | |
| We had to get past the visitor center by 5:30 before they closed the road so we drove up Saddle Road from Kona at about 70 MPH. They told us to acclimate for 30 minutes there!...pah!...we flew through and went straight to the summit. Saw the sunset, it was awesome...look at my pictures. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2008 4:37 pm | ||
| jimegan | MAUNA KEA Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| CLIMBED ON RETURN LEG OF CRUISE TO MIDWAY WITH WIFE AND RAY HARRINGTON | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2008 11:09 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Mauna Kea Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2004 | |
| We slept in the back of an SUV at the Visitor Center the night before. The visitor center bathrooms (with hot water) were left open overnight. That's high end trailhead camping! The observatories were an awesome sight. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2007 10:47 pm | ||
| SFMountaineer | Made it Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2007 | |
| After 3 failed attempts during my lifetime (family members getting altitude sickness, dense clouds) I finally drove up on a clear day with nothing to impede the short walk to the summit. The view was nice...not too much different from where you drive to, but nice to actually bag the summit. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2007 8:06 pm | ||
| dobsonian | No Luck Try Another Time Date Climbed: Nov 19, 2006 | |
| See trip report, a little light altitude sickness did me in so turned around at ~11,700' or so. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 5:40 pm | ||
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