Summit of Puu Ulaula. Maui. Hawaii. Summit of Puu Ulaula with departing several trekings foot or horseback to descend 900 meters
Summit of Puu Ulaula. Maui. Hawaii. Summit of Puu Ulaula with departing several trekings foot or horseback to descend 900 meters into the bowels of the volcano ash filled paths. Haleakala Pu`u `Ula`ula Summit Hill After leaving the Haleakala National Park Visitor Center at mile marker on Hwy 378, you'll definitely want to head up to the summit. Turn left out of the visitor center parking lot and at mile marker 21 you'll come to another intersection. You'll want to take a right to reach the parking lot for the summit (the left road takes you to visit Science City and the observatories, but they are off limits to the public). The summit parking lot is built in the shallow crater of Pu'u 'Ula'ula (Red Hill). This should not be confused with Pa Ka'oao or "white hill" which is located below near the Visitor Center. Before you walk up the ramp to the summit look around you and observe some of Pele's fiery missiles. These chunks of lava were catapulted through the air during eruptions and hardened on their trip to the ground. The largest chunk is roughly four to five feet across. Pu'u 'Ula'ula is the highest point on Haleakala. Climb the steps to the shelter or take the more gradual ramp from the far end of the parking lot. If you look to the southeast you will probably see the high summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea Volcanoes on the Big Island, each over 13,000 feet in elevation, poking their summits through the clouds. Here, Haleakala's summit elevation is 10,023 feet, but the mountain was once much higher than this.
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