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Supplemental: Observatory Trail to Mauna Loa Summit
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Note: If you came to this page looking for the general narrative of our climb up Mauna Loa via the Observatory Trail, then you have come to the wrong place. You should go here instead.

This page serves as a repository for supplemental pictures of our climb up Mauna Loa. Because the narrative description of the climb is "trail guide"-ish enough, I have not bothered to write any further information regarding the trail here. Note that nearly all of the images shown on these pages are not in the general narrative (and hence are shown with a special color around them).
Starting, Observatory Trail
Heading off onto lava
Brian on old a'a
Skirting the a'a
Collapsed Lava Tube
Occasional Trail Marker
A stretch along the jeep road
Crossing national park boundary
A bit of smooth trail
Crossing the jeep road
Nearing major trail junction
The North Pit
courtesy BConnell
An old junction
Mauna Loa Caldera
Andrew at Caldera rim
Nearing Mauna Loa Summit
Mauna Loa Summit
A lava sidewalk
Ground fissure
Cairns across North Pit
Sunrise, Mauna Loa Cabin
Sunrise, Mauna Loa Cabin
Cabin View
Northeast along Rim
Summit Cliffs
Mauna Loa Summit Cabin
Trail sign at cabin
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