The Stairway to Heaven, or Haiku Stairs, is a steel structure that leads up the Ko’olau Mountain Range on Oahu, Hawaii. There are nearly 4,000 steps in the 4,000-foot-long hiking trail that ascends ...

Experience Hawaii's Waihee Ridge Trail. This family-friendly hike offers lush rainforest to walk through and panoramic ocean ...

Starting this month, one of Hawaii’s most dangerous and controversial hikes will be permanently removed. Oahu’s Stairway to Heaven trail, comprising 3,922 slick steel steps that ascend the narrow ...

The path to Kauai’s famous Alakai Swamp in Kokee State Park has gone from lumpy mud to steep climbs over tree roots to janky, overgrown boardwalks in a stretch of less than 4 miles. What I hoped would ...

“Day Hikes in Hawaii: 90 Great Hikes on Kauai, Maui, Oahu” by Robert Stone, 2006, The Globe Pequot Press, $16.95, softbound, 224 pages: Author Robert Stone has hiked all the trails in his “Day Hike ...

One annual tradition in Hawaii is to hike to the top of the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail on Oahu to see the sun rise on the first day of the year. It returned this year for the first time since the start ...

Hawaii's highest mountain is one of the most spectacular hikes on the planet, a place where the Arctic and the tropical meet. Lake Waiau is a surprising feature of Mauna Kea, a small but permanent ...

Let’s face it: No matter how long you go for, a trip to Hawaii is always going to feel too short. For the adventurous, expeditions that combine beaches and hikes can help make the most of your way-too ...

People are flocking to Hawaii’s arguably most infamous – and illegal – hike, the Stairway to Heaven, before it is removed for good. Arrests and dozens of citations have immediately ensued. Just two ...