The Halawa Ridge Trail is a beautiful contoured trail the
reaches a "low back" on the Ko`olau Mountain summit over looking
Ha`iku Valley. The trail head is at just to the left of the Board
of Water Supply's Halawa Xeroscape Garden. Coordinates are : N21
22.881 W 157 54.332. The trail follows the outside of their fence,
crosses Halawa Stream, scurrys under the H-3 Freeway and then
climbs to the top of Halawa Ridge. The climb to the ridge top is
the hardest part of the trail.
There you will find yourself on an old jeep road which ends
about 1/2 mile farther up the ridge. The Halawa Trail begins there
at a U. S. Geological Survay marker. Now there are only 5 miles to
go.
On a clear day the view from the summit is fantastic. The trail
was cleared last on October 28th 2007. As the trail is "contoured"
it not really a hard trail, just a long one. The last mile or two
have some areas where the trail gets a bit narrow and there is
always the danger of slipping off the trail and tumbling a long way
down. Do not cache alone. Plan to start early, it should take you
about 4 hours to reach the summit from where you park.
There is a bench mark at the "upper trail head" (end of
the jeep road).