Moalepe Trail Hike

Moalepe Trail Hike. This is about a 2 mile hike that terminated on a bridge which connects to the Kuilau Trail Hike which is a favorite. What makes this hike appealing is that it will end where the Kuilau Trail ends. If one was to combine both Kuilau and Moalepe hikes this would be nearly 6 miles.

I arrived at the trail head a few minutes before dawn. It was dark because of impending rain. And it has been raining for the past few days. It rained that night and rained during the hike. It was a little off and on, but never poured heavily.

 The rain did a fantastic job of feeding three waterfalls. Since it was early at certain points it was possible to actually hear the waterfalls. All feed into a river below, hidden from view by dense foliage.

At the trailhead, the hike started pretty well and it sayed good for most of the way. Trail was rather clear to only hazard was slippery hard dirt surfaces. Later, the trail would narrow and trying to keep my feet dry was no longer possible. And at one point I just have up.

Reaching the end of Moalepe it became pure mud. Holding steady, marched through it, got to the end, took this picture and turned around. I was not pressed for time but I did want to make up some time, so I stepped it out. Since staying dry was not going to happen anyway. 

 

The high point of the hike other than the beautiful scenery, grasses, trees, mountain's, waterfalls was the mooing of a cow. Hike was good.