11-26-2017, 12:57 AM
Paul, upslope from the rope-line trail to the outbreaks, not too hard, but do prepare for the hike! (some nights there is an "ant trail" of people going out from the Kalapana side...
I always tell folks to look for people coming BACK from the flows (some do go out early), ask how it was & ask to see their images (rarely do people not want to share those images... they are jazzed if they saw the lava). If that is what you want to see, follow their advice!
If there are no ant trails, look for where the helicopters are circling.... Yeah, I know really cryptic, but even with GPS waypoints, the lava does break-out in different areas & we end up doing the ant trail thing at times!
I always tell folks to look for people coming BACK from the flows (some do go out early), ask how it was & ask to see their images (rarely do people not want to share those images... they are jazzed if they saw the lava). If that is what you want to see, follow their advice!
If there are no ant trails, look for where the helicopters are circling.... Yeah, I know really cryptic, but even with GPS waypoints, the lava does break-out in different areas & we end up doing the ant trail thing at times!