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A Google search for “Hawaii Hiking Blog” gets you to the #1 site: the Hiking and Backpacking in Hawaii Blog.

A place to read about hiking in Hawaii, backpacking in Hawaii, and trails in Hawaii. Read Hawaii hiking stories, Hawaii hiking information, information about Hawaii trail locations and conditions on the Big Island (Hawaii island), Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai. Find out about the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands.

It’s good. I’ve just started working backwards through the many posts, looking for the the best hikes in Hawaii.

Dayle, the site editor, has great knowledge of the islands. He and his wife Jacqueline lead hikes for the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (HTMC).

Of the best hikes in Kauai specifically, Dayle says most people name Kalalau and Awawapuhi-Nualolo.

He posted another GREAT hike on that island that appeals to me:

Photo credits: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/fu-kei

A lesser used trail but one that is equally fantastic is the Honopu Ridge Trail located in the Kokee area of Kauai. …

Along with my wife Jacque, I did this a few years ago and the payoffs at the end were fantastic views of the Na Pali Coast far below plus some awesome ridge hiking on some thrilling sections of trail. A very interesting and unexpected finding at the end of the trail are benches and lounge chairs made of sticks and slats of wood that have been lashed together. If you are like me, you’ll be amazed to find something like those manmade benches there.

This area is the domain of mountain goats (literally). Very likely, if you hike the Honopu Ridge trail you will encounter, or at least hear, these horned denizens of the cliffs. …

If you are looking for an adventure off the well-trampled paths used by most tourists, then Honopu Ridge is for you.

Honopu Ridge Trail on Kauai

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Must be the crappy, global freezing winter we are suffering in North America. A year ago I was in Taz. (Wish I was there right now.)

Nadine from Calgary, Canada has a wonderful blog on TravelPod.

She’s trekked in Patagonia, the Andes and is now Down Under.

They had a fantastic time on the South Coast Track, one of the best coastal hikes in the world.

… The next morning we were up before sunrise again, and onto the boats at first light in calm water. We had to paddle an aluminum boat across with our gear, drop the gear off, tie up a second boat to our boat with oars, row back to the side we started on, leave a boat and oars, and row back. The three crossings of the boats were really fun, and good practice for something we would do a few days later 🙂 We then crossed over a dune onto Prion Beach, took off our boots, and walked barefoot for nearly 4km on the hard packed sand at the surf line!!!! It was slightly windy, but just gorgeous walking. …

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Later on the adventure:

… Crossing this mountain range often stops people for a full day or more, going either way, since it should not be crossed in bad weather. 100km per hour windows and blowing snow are common. Luckily for us, today was turning out to be a scorcher. …

Nearing the top, the rain forest gives way to cloud forest, with all sorts of things just growing on anything. Really beautiful. Then it tops out without any trees, and we could see our entire route forwards and backwards! 40km ahead of us and 40km behind us!

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See the rest of the trip report and photos.

My own mini-trek there in 2007 did not go nearly as well as Nadine’s. I covered only about half the distance I had hoped after nearly losing a shoe in a mud pit.

South Coast Track – besthike information page