Turn onto Naniloa Loop from Kamehameha Highway. Park alongside
Laie Park. Parking coords: 21 39.027N, 157 55.885W There will be
giant white concrete pillars lying alongside Laie Park that your
car will face when parked. Then you walk Mauka to and around a
gate, up the road, which becomes a dirt road After a short while
you will find a larger map diagram on the left. This is the
trailhead, you are on your way.
Most of the trail to this cache is/was an old dirt road that was
either used by sugar cane companys or maybe an old ranch. You
should reach a grove of Cook Island pines after about an hour or so
of a steady up hill hike.
Once in the pines the "real" Laie Trail" begins. It is a graded
trail the slowly works it's way to the Ko`olau Summit. There are
many places along the way where you can turn around and face the
ocean for some fantastic views. If you reach the side trail to the
Laie Falls you went to far. If you found the "Laie Falls Plastic
Pot" cache in the past this "new" cache is w/in 30 feet of the old
location.
If you continue on the trail after finding the cache for about 2
1/2 more hours you will reach the Ko`olau Summit and perhaps find
the cache I hid up there also. Good Luck.