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Derek Petrowski witnessed the snowfall firsthand earlier in the week, taking a short video to document the appearance of snow on Mauna Kea, the highest peak on the island.
Two roads intersect Saddle Road close to Puʻu Huluhulu at its crest near mile 28 at 6,632 feet (2,021 m) above the sea level, the Mauna Loa Observatory Road to the south, and the Mauna Kea Summit Road to the north. The Mauna Loa Observatory Road is an unmarked 17.1 miles (27.5 km) long narrow rough (but paved) road which winds its way towards ...
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the highest peak in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi and the entire Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks [a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s atmospheric monitoring station on Mauna Loa lost its only access road during the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa. During the volcano’s 13-day ...
At 13,130 ft (4,002 m) the road forks, with one path going to Lake Waiau and the other fork to the summit. At 13,200 ft (4,023 m), the trail intersects and follows the Mauna Kea Access Road, including two switchbacks, to the Mauna Kea Observatories at 13,680 ft (4,170 m). A final trail segment leads to the summit. [1] [2]
During the winter, snowfall is common at the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on Hawaiʻi Island. On Maui , the summit of Haleakalā occasionally experiences snowfall, but snow had never been observed below 7,500 feet (2,300 m) before February 2019, when snow was observed at 6,200 feet (1,900 m) and fell at higher elevations in amounts large ...
The West Maui Mountains, West Maui Volcano, or Mauna Kahālāwai [2] (which means "holding house of water") [3] are the remnants of an eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western quarter of Maui. Approximately 1.7 million years old, [4] the volcano's last eruption was approximately 320,000 years ago.