Hiking Trails on Oahu

  True Lanipo – May 25, 2012 Last time I was here, I didn’t summit true Lanipo. This left a bitter taste in my mouth. With the first day of the vacation upon all teachers, it was time for me to take care of business. Not only was I going to do True Lanipo, I was going to explore and try to find the Waialae Nui trail as this trail is part of my hiking checklist. The trail is called Lanipo, however the True Lanipo summit is about 25 minutes away from the initial summit which is Kainawa’aunui. Most hikers are content with Kainawa’aunui, but if you want to reach Lanipo, you would have to travel further. After researching Dayle Turner’s  blog on the Oahu Hiking Enthusiast (OHE) website, I was able to figure out where the terminus point of the Waialae Nui trail was. Here are the clues. It is 5 minutes to the east of True Lanipo, but before the power lines. Using these points of reference gave me a clear picture of what I needed to observe to find the Waialae Nui terminus. My plan wa...

  Kainawa'aunui via Mau'umae Trail - June 15, 2011   Today I was suppose to get to the Lanipo summit, but misunderstood where Lanipo was actually located. The Mau'umae trail is as intermediate as it gets. Its also listed in Stuart Ball's book as an intermediate trail. This trail can get physically taxing to a novice hiker I had an early 8:30 am start. I was on my way to the Kaimuki area and up Wilhelmina Rise. This road goes straight up the hill. When you get onto Maunalani Circle, park on the side of the road. The people there are pretty cool, as long as you don't do anything stupid.  The start of the trail is along a fence. When you get to the top of the hill, the ridge opens up. There is some rock scrambling which was great, not too dangerous. There are beautiful views of Diamond Head, Honolulu, Palolo Valley, and Waialae Nui Valley.  After walking on the open ridge, the trail starts to enter a forest  Wear pants going on this hike. I wore shorts....