Honokane Nui Valley Hike

I had been planning a trip into to Honokane Nui alley this weekend and so I called the Surety Kohala company to see if the trail had been reopened. The trail has been closed since the Oct. 2006 earthquake. The trail is still closed as of 4-14-08 and will be closed for the foreseeable future. They have tried to repair the trail but because of the size of the landslide every time they do it rains and washes the trail out again.

I have been wanting to do this trail for some time and I'm bummed that it's still not open.

Here are some pictures from my last attempt in march of 2007

Pololu Valley

The Pololulu Valley hike is a beautiful hike on the northern tip of the big island. We started the hike about 9am. There was parking at the end of the road, thought I have been there later in the day and there has been none. The trail into Pololu valley is a high way. There are lots of people hiking the trail down to the black sand beach. After Pololu the trail becomes a normal Hawaii trail.

The trail ended up being blocked about 2.4 miles into the hike. I could hear the river in honokane valley. We had to turn back :(

There is not water in Pololu valley so if you are going to spend the night there bring lots of water. We had planed on filtering water from the stream in Honokane and had to hike out.

Distance 6 miles to 2nd valley, Honokane Valley and back.
Time: 4.5 Hours