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Haleakala National Park
Many photos of Haleakala were shot during a 12 mile hike through the crater. The hike started at the 10,023 ft. summit, descended to the crater floor, crossed 4.5 miles of the crater to a low elevation of about 6,600 ft., then ascended out to a parking lot at 8,000 ft. Route followed the Sliding Sands Trail and the Halemau'u Trail.
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Sliding Sands Trail descends nearly 3,000 vertical feet from the
summit to the crater floor. Photo: Jon Hanauer
At a junction in the crater, a left turn off the Sliding Sands
Trail takes a link to the Halemau'u Trail. Photos: Jon Hanauer
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From the summit, cinder cones inside the summit
basin ("crater") of Haleakala. It's been over 800 years since
the last eruptions in the crater. Photo: Jon Hanauer
Enlarged DESKTOP PICTURE (111k)
These photos have gaps in them. Ko'olau Gap and the Pacific Ocean (left).
Kaupo Gap, and the Sliding Sands Trail visible on the crater floor (right).
Photos: Jon Hanauer
Aerial view of Haleakala
("House of the Sun") from the south. If measured from its base
beneath the ocean, the mountain is actually about 30,000 feet tall. Photo:
Virtually Hawaii