03-25-2015, 05:01 PM
HOTPE,
"TomK - You're right about the roads. Haleakala is a national park, so the observatories at the summit only need to maintain their driveways at the end of the public highway."
That didn't even occur to me, but you're right. The other thing is that Haleakala is about 4000 feet lower than Mauna Kea and although it does get snow from time to time, it doesn't get the kind of snowfall MK gets nor do they have to deal with maintaining dirt roads which is a real issue on MK.
"TomK - You're right about the roads. Haleakala is a national park, so the observatories at the summit only need to maintain their driveways at the end of the public highway."
That didn't even occur to me, but you're right. The other thing is that Haleakala is about 4000 feet lower than Mauna Kea and although it does get snow from time to time, it doesn't get the kind of snowfall MK gets nor do they have to deal with maintaining dirt roads which is a real issue on MK.