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Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit) – Pele's Paint Pot loop from Pan-STARRS

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Maui County

Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit) – Pele's Paint Pot loop from Pan-STARRS

Hard

4.5

(8098)

15,018

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Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit) – Pele's Paint Pot loop from Pan-STARRS

08:54

28.2km

1,120m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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Haleakalā Wilderness

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.20 km

Missing Summit — Geological Signpost

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The summit of Haleakalā may look like the result of a volcanic explosion, but it was actually carved by natural erosion. This signpost explains the geology behind this phenomenon.

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1.43 km

Keonehe‘ehe‘e Trail (Sliding Sands)

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Sliding Sands is the trail that takes you into the crater of the Haleakala volcano. The other name for this trail is Keonehe'ehe'e. This section is the most spectacular because it is panoramic. It offers you lunar views, at 360°.

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2.26 km

Keonehe‘ehe‘e Trail (Sliding Sands) Middle Segment

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Grandiose play of colors of the different shades of sand.

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4.08 km

Split Rock (Keoneheʻeheʻe Trail, Haleakalā Wilderness)

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Split Rock, as its name suggests, is a large rock cut in half. The Keonehe'ehe'e trail passes right in the middle, between the two parts of the rock.

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8.55 km

Volcanic landscape at Keonehe‘ehe‘e trail

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Keonehe'ehe'e trail runs along this breathtaking scenery worthy of the idea we have of the planet Mars. You can see red sand dunes, fields of volcanic stones but also this …

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17.8 km

Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit)

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This so-called bottomless hole actually forms a projection of about twenty meters. Unless we refer to the Hawaiian legend according to which it would descend to the depths of the …

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18.2 km

Pele's Paint Pot

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Pele's Paint Pot is a passage formed on a ridge between two sandy hills. The particularity of this path is the rainbow formed on the ground by the oxidized sands at different degrees. It is simply spectacular and unmissable.

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19.4 km

Viewpoint

21.1 km

Halemau'u Trail Junction

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point to turn off Sliding Sands to continue to Halemau'u Trail and a Haleakala thruhike.

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28.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.9 km

2.63 km

1.73 km

Surfaces

23.8 km

2.63 km

1.76 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Today

Friday 10 July

22°C

14°C

36 %

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Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit) – Pele's Paint Pot loop from Pan-STARRS

Missing Summit — Geological Signpost

Keonehe‘ehe‘e Trail (Sliding Sands)

Keonehe‘ehe‘e Trail (Sliding Sands) Middle Segment

Split Rock (Keoneheʻeheʻe Trail, Haleakalā Wilderness)

Volcanic landscape at Keonehe‘ehe‘e trail

Kawilinau (Bottomless Pit)

Pele's Paint Pot

Halemau'u Trail Junction

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