Entries tagged 'Haleakala'
Hawaii Sunrises: Haleakala Maui -- Wish You Were Here
The next best thing to being there -- in 10 minutes or less....
Hold the Phone, Haleakala Cabins Lottery Gone: Maui Camping Gets Better
One o the primo destinos in all of Hawaii for camping has long been Haleakala Crater on the island of Maui. Alas, the hadnful of cabins operated by the National Park Service have long been next to impossible to nail...
Maui Haleakala Bike Tours: Barred Forever?
After a spate of serious accidents and casualties on downhill bike rides run by activity companies taking tourists down the steep and serpentine road from the Haleakala Summit, the National Park Service banned the popular rides last year. Now, after...
The Last Ride Down: Haleakala Bike Rides Banned
Kill me once, kill me twice, kill me thrice -- shut it all down. Haleakala National Park on Maui announced it would suspend the popular and apparently dangerous downhill bike tours after a 65-year old woman lost control of her...
Hawaii Death Ride: Haleakala Claims Another Cyclist
Local drivers and Maui residents have long complained about the bike tours sending hundreds of thousands of newbie cyclists down the serpentine road descending Haleakala Volcano, Maui's 10,000 dormant volcano. The tours clogged up traffic with endless trails of slow-moving...
Hawaii Nature: Into the Ancient Forests of Maui
I've long been a fan of Maui-based writer Paul Wood, whose quirky musings have graced a number of publications. Here's a really nice article he wrote about the remnant forests on Maui for the most recent edition of Spirit of...
Run to the Sun on Maui: Perhaps America's Most Psychotic Race
Now this is definitely a way I'd want to relax on Maui. Get up around 2:30 am to get ready for a 36-mile ultramarathon race which starts at 4:30 am and ascends Haleakala, the dormant volcano that dominates East Maui....
YouTube for Travelers: Travelistic Hawaii
The folks over at Travelistic are churning out short videos that attempt to emulate the style of Web newscastlet Rocketboom and the pop culture phenom YouTube. Of course, bikinis are involved in a lot of the videos – you do...
Haleakala Downhill: Bikers Raise Local Ire
I listened yesterday to a news report on the local public radio news station detailing growing gripes from locals over the bike tours that descend from Haleakala each morning after sunrise. The tours ride the serpentine descent down the...
Hikes to Die For: The Three Most Brutal Hikes in Hawaii
Some people come to Hawaii to lie on the beach and drink Mai Tais. Others feel the need for extreme physical exertion on their vacations. I can be prone to that tendency, sadly enough, and can relate. The only...
