Mauna Loa : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Mauna Loa can be climbed at anytime of the year, Spring and fall are often said to be the most comfortable times to make an ascent, but snow in winter and spring can actually be an added attraction, The tropical nature of the Hawaiian Islands lends little caution to the hazards involved in climbing Mauna Loa, Be prepared for winter conditions

Mauna Loa is the longest climb by bike in the world,

The views are absolutely the best: Hilo under clouds to the east, giant Mauna Loa shield that you are climbing to the south and west, Mauna Kea/Kohala/Haleakala to the north, Only traffic was a few work vehicles headed up to the observatory construction site, It’s a stunningly scenic climb, Descent is fun but extra caution in the rollers where you cannot see far ahead, You are likely to

Mauna Loa — Big Island Hikes

Mauna Loa, literally long mountain, is the most massive mountain in the world, and the world’s largest volcano,It’s actually difficult to locate on the island because it’s just so big that it looks more like a low hill, A few hundred feet below its neighbor Mauna Kea, this mountain has an entirely different character,

Mauna Loa Mountain Information

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Mauna Loa climb via Hilo

Mea Mauna Loa is the largest volcanic mountain in the world, The Mauna Loa bike climb is 45 miles and 11,091 ft, of climbing with a 4,7% average and a supposed 9% max, The first 28 miles is on Saddle Rd, cover 6,500 ft, with most of it not too steep but there are some pitches of 15-17%, The remaining 17 miles is very challenging,

Hiking Journal

So I decided to combine climbing Mauna Loa with a holiday getaway I had planned with several friends of mine also from Northern California, Mauna Loa is a shield volcano on the main Hawaiian island of Hawai’i, According to Wikipedia “it is Earth’s largest mountain, with a volume estimated at approximately 18,000 cubic miles 75,000 km³,” In Hawaiian, mauna loa means “long mountain”, It

Mauna Loa Climber’s Log : Climbing, Hiking

Mauna Loa , 6,662′ – 13,678′ 7,016′ gain in 19,5 miles, I started the Mauna Loa trail at 6:45am at the Mauna Loa Lookout trailhead and arrived at Mauna Loa Summit Cabin at 5:56pm, I hiked up to the summit before dropping down to the cabin where I slept, The next day I hiked 20,7 miles down the mountain on the Ainapo trail arriving to Highway 11 at 6:15pm, This might not seem like a very

Climbing to Mauna Loa Summit

This was taken on the way to Mauna Loa Summit on 13 FEB 2014, Climbed with Ellyn and Scott who can be seen at the very end of the video, Maui is way off in t

Climbing the Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s highest peak — Smartrippers

Climbing the Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s highest peak; Written by Flo Updated on 03/01/20, There are places on earth that make you vibrate more than others, The Mauna Kea is one of those, The Mauna Kea is a sleeping red volcano that is about 1 million years old, It is a curiosity for several reasons: First, it is the highest peak in the Pacific 4,207 m and consequently Hawaii, Secondly, it hosts

Mauna Loa — Wikipédia

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First proper climbing experience

In December 2019 I had the opportunity to go to Hawaii on holiday, While in Kona I rented a Cannondale roadbike for a few days, and spontaneously one day I d

Global Monitoring Laboratory

The graphs show monthly mean carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, The carbon dioxide data on Mauna Loa constitute the longest record of direct measurements of CO 2 in the atmosphere, They were started by C, David Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in March of 1958 at a facility of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …