Hiking Trails on Oahu

Kulana'ahane Falls - May 26. 2014 Out of all the times I've been in Moanalua Valley, I've never seen Kulana'ahane falls flow. Today would be the most opportunistic day as rain was in the forecast. The waterfall only spills after a good downpour. Its not from a stream or anything, just a waterfall chute. It goes off when there is rain.  Today Erik was taking his friends on a hike. Joining the hike was Marcus and his girlfriend Loreece. We had a 9am start time. The hike on the road was uneventful like most of the time. It felt like a long time today because of my upper respiratory infection which is taking the wind out of me. At about the 2 mile mark, it started to downpour, a good sign since we wanted to see the waterfall flowing. It continued to pour as we meandered throughout the valley. Marcus and Loreece didn't even bring their jackets, but they go to college in Oregon so they can handle. I was freezing with my jacket on. The stream started to pick up, but we wer...

Kulana'ahane to Red Hill - May 10, 2014 This hike was dedicated to Kenji who author’s a popular Oahu hiking blog called Trying Not to Fall Off the Edge ( http://kenjisaito.com/ ). Kenji has completed almost all sections of the Koolau Summit. He only needed the section known as Moanalua Saddle to Red Hill to finish up. Today was his final crossover to complete the entire Koolau Summit. It’s a short crossover about 1 ½ hours or so. The plan was to hike on Kamananui road, take the junction to Kulana'ahane up to the Moanalua Saddle, make the left toward Red Hill, go down Red Hill and take a side ridge known as Godek soon to rejoin the road. I hoped the entire hike wouldn't take more than 9 hours, but packed my bivy, lighter, and extra food just in case. Forgot my steripen though. Meet up time was 8am to a hot, humid day. I met Bob at the parking lot as he mentioned to me that it was his birthday and asked if I would have a drink with him after, I said sure. Though a lot of peop...