The two hikers were around 11,000 feet up on the remote slopes of Mauna Loa in the windy, freezing weather when they called 911 on Sunday morning to report that they had no food or water left and ...

The Hike Up The ʻĀinapō Trail To Mauna Loa. To get to the trailhead, you'll have to drive 5.7 miles through Kapāpala Ranch on extremely rough terrain with a 4WD.

Due to elevated seismic activity on Mauna Loa and as a precautionary measure, Mauna Loa summit is closed to hiking until further notice. Mauna Loa is not erupting.

NPS is reminding the public that all areas on Mauna Loa in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park remain closed above Red Hill Cabin. For up-to-date information on hiking permits and safety, click here ...

VOLCANO, Hawaii (Island News) -- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has reopened the Mauna Loa Summit Cabin for overnight use to hikers. The cabin is near the summit of Mauna Loa volcano, and is ...

Mauna Loa Trail to Puu­ulaula and Red Hill Cabin will remain open, but access to and from the trailhead during workdays will be permitted only before 8:30 a.m. and after 4 p.m.

Due to this, the rest of Mauna Loa Trail and the area above the cabin remains closed. Kathleen Wong is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Hawaii. You can reach her at [email protected].

Hikers (not the ones pictured here) got lost while hiking Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, during a severe winter storm that closed the summit above 10,000 feet.

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, ... Mauna Loa summit is closed to hiking until further notice.

Mauna Loa Trail to Pu‘u‘ula‘ula and Red Hill Cabin will remain open, but access to and from the trailhead during work days will only be permitted before 8:30 a.m. or after 4 p.m.