Big Island snow?
Oct 4th, 2004, 11:34 PM
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Snow in Hawaii is not predictable -- it's limited to when arctic storms make it down that far south (it doesn't happen every year), and is limited to the tops of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa mountains on the Big Island. Also, the storms must have enough cold air and drop enough snow so that it stays on the ground for more than a few hours.
Oct 5th, 2004, 05:31 AM
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I was up on the top of Mauna Kea in February and there wasn't much snow up there (compared to some pictures I've seen). BUT, there's enough to start a snowball fight.
I thought there was always snome snow up there? The area is in a bit of drought so there wasn't more...
I thought there was always snome snow up there? The area is in a bit of drought so there wasn't more...
Oct 5th, 2004, 07:01 PM
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On the Big Island, at Greenwell Farms coffee plantation they had a guaranteed way to see ?Hawaiian Snow?
All you have to do is came back when the trees were full of white blossoms, the hills will look like they are covered with snow.
All you have to do is came back when the trees were full of white blossoms, the hills will look like they are covered with snow.
Oct 6th, 2004, 07:03 AM
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Children under the age of 16 should not summit Mauna Kea and it is recommended that they travel above the Onizuka Visitors' Center. I don't know how old your baby is, but I would assume the impact on a younger child would be worse than that on an older child.
