Kal, how long did it take you to get to the top of the Giant????

there 3 trails going up. two from the backside, the first is just pass opaekaa falls, you'll see cars along side of kuamoo rd. near the trail's sign. another is closer to olohena rd (turn R on kamulu rd or sanchez store, before coming to olohena, turn R into a residential and go to the end).

Brian, you went on the frontside (ocean) parking lot off haleileo rd. That residential area is called Wailua houselots.

Alohaaa...
Lokelani is the residential street k_a might be speaking of. Right off "Hwy 582".

Get there early because you don't want to be rude and park on the lawn of one of the neighbors or park down lower and hike to the hike.

Hiking sticks (ie limbs) usually left at trail head.

When I was in shape it took about 30 mins to make the top. Last year it was about 45 mins.

The first 10-15 mins of this trail get your heart pumping pretty good.
Then there are switchbacks so you're not going up that steep an angle.

It's not a race....take in the various views...and keep bearing left when you get in the evergreen groves or else you'll wind up walking beneath his backside.

k_a....was that YOU waving to us? :-O

Has anyone ever done the Kukui Trail, down to the bottom of Waimea Canyon and back up? Only 5 miles round trip, but we were kicking ourselves for having decided to do this thing last spring. Steep and grueling and not marked very well! Took us 3.5 hours and we didn't bring enough water.

ai Kal, that's it, you say it so fluently :D there's no street sign, so i just wave my arm and say, "follow the mt that goes like this." hahaha

in my younger years, i've hiked down to the canyon (i'm pretty sure it's kukui) with friends, while our "dates" hunted (ugh). we camped and made it to town. i liked it because we can cool off in the river. i've hiked most of the marked trails here and have to say my top favorites are kalalau, awaawapuhi and the one at so. shore. oh and like Kal, any barstool serving adult beverages and talk story ;)

Mahalo!

And you'd be surprised what you learn at some local bars when you keep your mouth closed, ears open and are respectful to the locals.
;)

Great pics Kal :)

I keep forgetting to fix the pix with the "objects may not be a large as pictured" warning.

You mean you're a free safety and not a nose tackle ;)

Yeah...I'm a regular Twiggy!

Remember a...the camera always adds 45 lbs to Polish Ukranian Americans!
[-X

I'll remember that Kal :)