Hawaii hiking trails - Sliding Sands Trail, Maui County

   
  Hey, time for a backcountry walk don’t you think? Sliding Sands Trail in Maui County, Hawaii is just the spot. Backpacking and hiking trails are great and plentiful in Hawaii; one of these is Sliding Sands Trail in Maui County. Each one of the many backpacking trails of Hawaii has its own unique attractiveness. The number of great outdoors hiking trails in this vicinity is not very high. Keep in mind that this is a long backpacking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Sliding Sands Trail gets a lot of water; the wettest month of the year
    is ordinarily January, that's the one that rains the most, and the driest month of the year is September. Being 11.2 miles long; it's longer than many great outdoors hiking trails. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Sliding Sands Trail is a wilderness trail
of magnificent length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this great outdoors hiking trail good for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Different parts of this great outdoors hiking trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the great outdoors hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Trekking here in Hawaii is a magnificent way to spend some time. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 80's to Sliding Sands Trail. Once the sun is down it falls down to the 70's. For  
the period of the winter the highs are ordinarily in the 70's; overnight lows all through the winter for Sliding Sands Trail tend to be in the 60's. Sliding Sands Trail is not very near Kahului-Wailuku at all, but it is a good shelter from the city. Of course, this is an overnight backcountry hike, 1.5 days normally, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. This is a one trailhead hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry trek it normally. As long as you like the wilderness you will like Hawaii. The total elevation difference for Sliding Sands Trail is 2,639 feet which is higher than average.

Briefly about the general area:
Some brilliant nature is available in Kahikinui Forest Reserve, and Sliding Sands Trail is perfect enough to spend more than a day at, Oheo Campground is a perfect local campground. A pleasant location in the vicinity of Sliding Sands Trail is Pkai Gulch; you ought to definitely take a look at beautiful Waipu while you're here.
A journey to Haleakala National Park is worthwhile. There's so much to do here at Sliding Sands Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Hosmer Grove Campground is a perfect place for that. At Sliding Sands Trail you always meet someone from Kahului-Wailuku; Huakini Bay is not far at all. You absolutely ought to have a thing about Sliding Sands Trail. A splendid spot like Kawilinau here at Sliding Sands Trail is too perfect to miss.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 20.7131, Longitude -156.2511
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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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 Trails Near Sliding Sands Trail:
Halemauu Trail, Maui County County , 2 miles away,  10.6 hiking miles, 1692 feet elevation difference
Kaup Trail, Maui County County , 5 miles away,  4.4 hiking miles, 6387 feet elevation difference
Lower Trail, Maui County County , 9 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 1405 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Sliding Sands Trail:
Hosmer Grove Campground, Maui County, 4 miles away
Oheo Campground, Maui County, 12 miles away
 Beaches Near Sliding Sands Trail:
Waipu, Maui County , 7 miles away
 National Parks Near Sliding Sands Trail:
Haleakala National Park, Makawao - Maui - HI , 12 miles away
 Hotels Near Sliding Sands Trail:
Maui Condos Online, Kihei, Maui , 10 miles away
Maui Parkshore - MCH, Kihei, Maui , 15 miles away
TropoHouse B&B, Haiku, Maui , 15 miles away
Diamond Resort Hawaii, Wailea, Maui , 15 miles away
Alii Resorts at Wailea Ekolu, Wailea, Maui , 15 miles away

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