silly question: Hawaii?

[motogreg]

Headed to Hawaii in a few days, has anyone "skied" there? Obviously for the novelty value, and my understanding is it's culturally...questionable at best, stiiiill, if the opportunity presents itself, it might be tough to say no.....

 

[scott43]

I dunno. People take a truck up Mauna Loa so the can coast down on their bikes. It's skiing any worse?? Go for it.

 

[no edge]

Headed to Hawaii in a few days, has anyone "skied" there? Obviously for the novelty value, and my understanding is it's culturally...questionable at best, stiiiill, if the opportunity presents itself, it might be tough to say no.....

People do ski there however I don't know who. The snow is unreliable. I saw a trip reports on tv about actual skiing and it was interesting.

Would you fly with equipment. It might be hard to find rentals.

13,000 feet??

 

[cantunamunch]

People do ski there however I don't know who. The snow is unreliable. I saw a trip reports on tv about actual skiing and it was interesting.

Would you fly with equipment. It might be hard to find rentals.

13,000 feet??

I've traveled with snowblades that have touring/walk mode boot bindings.

Having been to other volcanoes I strongly suspect it will be crusty reefy windslab - the ideal ski being a damp carver and NOT a snowblade, but we take what we can.

 

[Eric@ict]

I skied there many moons ago. Not great snow, but got to brag about skiing in the am and surfing in the afternoon. We used Jeeps as lifts.

 

[skibum4ever]

I skied there many moons ago. Not great snow, but got to brag about skiing in the am and surfing in the afternoon. We used Jeeps as lifts.

Can do that in southern California as well.

Much easier but not nearly as exotic.

 

[motogreg]

Yeah, I wouldn't say I'd be interested in more than a run (or two) based on the reports I've heard, but I figure it'll likely be my last trip there and my only opportunity so..... And I gotta believe it would put me in a pretty rare subcategory, heh.

 

[tball]

Just me, but I'd rather spend a day doing this in Hawaii than making a few crummy runs.

 

[Jim Kenney]

My daughter was in Hawaii with her fiance in Jan 2023 and sent this photo. They are skiers/boarders, but only toured the volcano, did not ski it. Primarily there to surf and recreate.

 

[Itinerant skier]

I took a van tour up Mauna Kea years ago and they had saucer sleds for a couple of sled runs down a prob 200 foot pitch adjacent to the road near the observatories. Good fun, but certainly wouldn't take my gear there. Did buy a "Ski Hawaii" fridge magnet at Uncles though.

 

[Crank]

My friend did a 20-mile downhill mtb ride there which sounds more fun to me.

 

[Dwight]

Yeah, I wouldn't say I'd be interested in more than a run (or two) based on the reports I've heard, but I figure it'll likely be my last trip there and my only opportunity so..... And I gotta believe it would put me in a pretty rare subcategory, heh.

Midwestskier.com is there skiing Hawaii now. Looks pretty decent too.

 

[James]

Maybe you can combine it with some sort of tour or astronomical observing experience.