• Cindercones dot the landscape in the Wilderness Area

    Haleakalā

    National Park Hawai'i

Stay on Trail

A single set of footprints in the colorful cinders encourages others to follow them and begins a cascading effect of damage that may last a decade, potentially destroying the habitat of a number of endangered species and altering a landscape considered sacred to many Native Hawaiians.

You can help us protect these valuable resources by walking only on designated trails and by helping us to get the message out to other visitors – STAY ON TRAIL!

For more information about preserving these unique resources select here.

 
Looking back towards Keonehe'ehe'e (Sliding Sands Trail)
Keonehe'ehe'e (Sliding Sands) Trail near Kapalaoa Cabin 
NPS Photo

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

You pass through as many ecological zones on a two hour drive to the summit Mt. Haleakalā as you would on a journey from Mexico to Canada.