Hiking Trails on Oahu

Waialae Nui Gulch - May 25, 2016 I knew this hike existed. Erik has been here, but not to the waterfall. It was gonna happen sooner or later...it happened today. I took a personal day from work and set up this hike with Erik. We were hoping for rain and rain was in the forecast. Meet up was at the Kahala Mall parking lot near Ross at 9:15am. Erik met me at my house and he drove us to Aprille's house to pick her up. We got to the Kahala Mall parking lot before 9:00am. David was waiting. We were supposed to wait for David's friend Mark, but he did another hike. From Kahala Mall, we drove onto Kilauea Ave to the end of the road. The neighborhood appeared rich. One house had an outdoor lanai with a ceiling fan.  trailhead, cali grass cut down Erik mentioned that someone cut the cali grass which consumed the trailhead. It was wide open and we could see where the entrance was. I was tired because I woke up at 2am and stayed up since. The trail paralleled the stream and went thr...

Waialae Nui to Lanipo – June 5, 2013 Last year I tried and failed. Then Dave F. posted a successful attempt of Waialae Nui, and then Laredo and Quyen did it. Then it appeared no one did it for near a year, until recently when Jay and Ras did it. Where am I going with this? Simple. Do Waialae Nui! The plan today was for me to go up Lanipo, crossover on the Ko’olau Summit Ridge to the Waialae Nui Terminus (like I did last year), bushwhack the living daylights out of Waialae Nui Ridge, find a side trail down to the gulch, and then go up a side trail to reconnect with Lanipo to create a big loop. I was worried about the bushwhacking, but Jay told me there is a swath I could follow. I asked others if they wanted to go, but in the end, I was solo. I’ve done Lanipo twice, both times solo. It’s the only trail I’ve done multiple times solo, besides the menial Aiea Loop trail. I dropped my kids off at school and headed towards Sierra Drive in the Waialae area. I went up Wilhelmina Rise towar...

  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...