Volcano N.P. trail reopens

[Rob Tucker]

Hiking trail reopens, a year and a half after Kilauea’s eruptions and 60,000 quakes

https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/201...on-reopens

I kinda enjoyed this part of the article:

"The building was so severely damaged it may never reopen. Museum exhibits may be relocated to Pahoa, a town near the park.

Outside the park, more than 700 homes in a neighborhood called the Puna District were destroyed by the wall of lava from the volcano."

[randomq]

Hey I live in that "Puna" neighborhood! But above the wall.

Has anyone hiked that trail? Does it go "into" the crater? And how tough of a hike is it? Mahalo!

[hrooster]

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Originally posted by randomq


Has anyone hiked that trail? Does it go "into" the crater? And how tough of a hike is it? Mahalo!

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Yes, I've done it twice...I would call it an easy to moderate hike. Start at parking lot above Thurston tube, descend into crater, cross it entirely, then ascend on the other side, hike the rim trail back to the parking lot. I am old and fat and had no problem, one of my cohikers had a bit of trouble with the ascend (quite a steep/quick climb).