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| | Each one of the many backpacking and hiking trails of Hawaii is well worth a backcountry hike. Hiking in Hawaii is a tremendous idea. When was the last time you got out in the outdoors a bit? Sliding Sands Trail in Maui County, Hawaii is just what you need. With its 11.2 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer hike. There are not too many wilderness hiking trails in this region. There is only one trailhead, so you'll be backcountry backpacking it in and back out. Rather far from Kahului-Wailuku you run into Sliding Sands Trail, but hiking |
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it is great enjoyment any time. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Hawaii has so much to offer the wilderness lovers. Some parts of Sliding Sands Trail are much higher up than other parts of the great outdoors hiking trail which of course means you need to be
| | prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors hiking trail. For the period of the warm days of summer, highs usually are in the 80's at Sliding Sands Trail; the nighttime is quite cooler of course, commonly in the 70's. For the period of the wintertime this site gets highs in the 70's while the cold winter nights at Sliding Sands Trail are in the 60's. This is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. There are so many wonderful backpacking and hiking trails for trekking in Hawaii; Sliding Sands | |
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Trail in Maui County is one of them. Sliding Sands Trail gets a lot of water; most of the rain falls through January; September is the month with the least moisture. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day hike, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. The total elevation
difference for Sliding Sands Trail is 2,639 feet which is higher than average. This hiking trail is a hiking trail of good length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this wilderness hiking trail wonderful for hard core backpackers looking for adventure.
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about the general area: A visit to Haleakala National Park is worthwhile, and Sliding Sands Trail is a good site to visit for more than one day, Hosmer Grove Campground is a good site to camp nearby. Yep, outdoors exciting stuff to do are truly bountiful here at Sliding Sands
Trail. You might want to pay a visit to Pkai Gulch while you're here at Sliding Sands Trail. Kawilinau is a good place to stretch your legs a bit, and Sliding Sands Trail is not far at all from Kahului-Wailuku. A fine beach near Sliding Sands Trail is Waipu; Huakini Bay is
in the neighborhood and always great to take a look at. A nice forest in the vicinity of Sliding Sands Trail is Kahikinui Forest Reserve, and you can stay the night at Oheo Campground.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 20.7131, Longitude -156.2511 - - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 11.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
6 hours
Total elevation difference: 2639 feet

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Halemauu Trail, Maui County
County
, 2 miles away, 10.6 hiking miles, 1692 feet elevation difference |
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Kaup Trail, Maui County
County
, 5 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 6387 feet elevation difference |
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Lower Trail, Maui County
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, 9 miles away, 7.4 hiking miles, 1405 feet elevation difference |
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, 15 miles away |
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, 15 miles away |
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TropoHouse B&B, Haiku, Maui
, 15 miles away |
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Diamond Resort Hawaii, Wailea, Maui
, 15 miles away |
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