STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN HAWAII LEGAL WAY 4K | ULTIMATE HIKING GUIDE VIDEO
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- The Stairway to Heaven in Hawaii is a bucket list hike for many people across the world. This ultimate guide will help you complete the legal route to the Haiku Stairs. We found that the legal route through the Moanalua Valley was the most rewarding. The views of the valley are amazing and breathtaking! You don't want to miss them by taking the illegal route. Keep in mind that stepping on the stairs is illegal. We took the risk, but it could cost you a $1,000! This hike is a strenuous 10.3 miles (17km) roundtrip that will test your fitness level. We recommend doing the hike on a dry day and coming prepared with the items suggested below. We hope you enjoy this video and let us know in the comment section if you want to complete this trail in the future. Reach out to us if you have any questions!
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do you live in hawaii?
Hi Denny and Nikki, once you reached the stairs. Are you allow to go down and exit that way or you have to turn around from where you started? Thanks much!!
The stairs are closed to everyone, please take down your add about hiking the stairs it is illegal and you could be arrested or pay a $5000.00 fine or go to jail.
StY away!!!!
@@helennguyen5897 Stepping foot anywhere on the stairs is trespassing. You can easily google that as well aslook this up on the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Instagram and their Facebook. Also, videos like this are being reported to the police department as well as the department of land and natural resources (DLNR).
the “legal” way seems more dangerous than taking the stairs
It is more dangerous, but you can’t take the stairs. Police will be waiting at the bottom to give you a very, very expensive ticket as residents will 100% report anybody taking the stairs.
I would never hike in sandals:D And this trip is on my bucket list
And after hiking in sandals, we would never recommend it! 🤙
I'll do it barefoot!!
Wow beautiful! Thanks for the information and great tips! Again on my bucketlist🌞🌈 love your vlogs❤️
Thanks for watching! :)
I watched a few of your videos to get ready for my trip to Hawaii and they've been super helpful. I really want to do the Stairway to Heaven hike but I was a lil nervous reading just text reviews, happy to have found that you two already had a video on it!! Thank you for the amazing and review of the trail~
We’re glad that the videos are somewhat helpful! Enjoy your trip whenever you get here :)
Def on my bucketlist 😁 loved the video by the way. Looked so much fun now I really want to do it
Glad you liked it! 😁
One of my bucketlist
It’s definitely worth it!
Amazing
Wow you can see us in Kaneohe from there. Thanks for sharing. This on our must do list now.
We had great visibility on this hike! Such a beautiful view! Mahalo for watching!
I have been up there going up the view is what makes it worth it
Will go up there again for sure.
i literally live in Moanalua. I need to do this hike before i leave Hawaii and go back to the mainland! Thanks for the amazing video.
Definitely! This hike starts pretty much in your backyard then 🤙
as a local who's lived here my entire life, THANK YOU for making this video :) Literally love all ur Oahu vids bc I don't even know the spots exist haha
So nice to hear that you like our videos!! 😁 We absolutely love Oahu and had to explore all of it on our weekends!
Wow, can’t believe you can hike in those flip flops. I’d be full of blisters and fall. Great job you two!
Thanks for watching! After doing this hike in sandals, I decided to get some actual hiking shoes lol!
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Awesome video. Hawaii is absolutely beautiful. Wish I knew there was a legal way to hike the stairway to heaven, I definitely would have done it when I was in Hawaii. New subscriber.
Hopefully you will return to Hawaii some day and give this hike a go! Thanks for subscribing and enjoy our Hawaii videos!
I enjoyed watching your videos. It's nice to see people enjoying sites on Oahu for the first time. Thanks, also for nicely pronouncing Hawaiian place names. You must have looked them up before you said them!
Thanks for noticing! We do make an effort to get the names right :)
Lived on Oahu for 3 1/2 years and didn't know this even existed. I can't wait to get back and actually climb this. I attempted the closed stairs a few times but security had it locked down.
Yes, luckily there is a way to get to the stairs. To see the stairs on top of the mountain, after that long long hike is amazing!
hiking in sandals is wildddd
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subscribed..! finally*
Glad you finally subscribed Daniel! :) Stay tuned for more Hawaii videos!
Is it hard going back down through that steep muddy section(part 3 with a rope line)? I'm thinking about it for our July trip . I have moderate level hiking experience but going back down with that steep view does scare me a bit. Thank you!
It's not easy but wasn't as difficult as going up for us. Mostly, make sure you do the hike on day with low winds and minimal rain. We are moderate level hikers as well, so you should be good.
Mahalo guys finally did the “legal way” ystrday! Most intense 8hr in mud hike ever! Btw did bullfrog work for u? Luv ur vids :) Aloha...
Awesooome!! We cannot imagine the amount of mud you must’ve walked in, especially during the rainy winter months! Did you get some good views op top? Or were you in the clouds? And we don’t know bullfrog :)
Luckily the pouring was pau by the time we started @ 8a. It was amazingly blue skies at the top :) Bullfrog>sunblock I recommended.
Nice that it cleared up! And now I know what you mean! We ordered the raw elements sunscreen ;)
Did this hike waaay back in the 90s there are several vistas along the way that are really intense …. Going down was very unsettling I passed a few people who were going down on their butts …. Never would wear sandals I wore trail running shoes light but sturdy heel counter for lateral support .. Was surfing a lot back then so the hike was no biggie … back then there was a trespass sign posted near the fence
It was definitely an intense hike and we fell on our butts a few times on the way down. Thanks for sharing!
goodness gracious, beast for rocking sleepers cheeeee
Love the hike. How the heck did your friend do that with only sandals? We wore chains on our boots and we still slipped. I hate that sketchy rope by the way.
Someone took the ropes down (I think as part of an effort to curtail people using the Moanalua Valley Trail to cut over to the stairs)
So if anyone goes now, I would definitely recommend microspikes to maintain traction on the steep sections.
Hi! I was curious, I want to do this hike before 7am.. is that allowed? Also, I don't have the pro version of AllTrails, would it still work offline, if not, where can I print off the trail? Thank you!
I don’t see why not! We were there pretty early, and the gates of the park is closed for cars. But you can walk right in :) and it won’t work offline with the free version, but I believe they have a free trial. And otherwise, you might be able to find your way with just our instructions. It just gets a bit tricky where the tree is with the markings. Once you’ve past that, it’s pretty self explanatory. Hope this helps!
How do you get into the entry
How many miles is the legal way up?
🙋♀️ Denny and Nikki, next time can you guys take me together to stairway heaven? 😂
Can we not to go from the back way though? Lol I tried 3 times never finished and almost died! 8hrs no kidding, and it’s so muddy!!! I better stf lol, I’m just so lusted of the beautiful scenery.
It really is pretty at the top! And long, and can definitely be muddy. But maybe this is a hike to be admired on youtube 😛
Hi, We have a trip coming up and my son and his girlfriend are adamant about doing this hike together. Im trying to find a tour guide for them but have a very hard time finding anyone. I thought of you two because I have been watching all your videos and just love them! Have you two ever considered being tour guides for hikes like this or would you consider it for a fee?
Aloha Christine! Enjoy your upcoming trip to the island! We will be off island for the rest of the year, so All Trails would be the best option for specific directions. It was what we used and it guided us quite easy!
@@DennyandNikki Thank you for for sharing that with me! 🙏🏼 I will be sure to check out All Trails. Enjoy your travels in Cali. There is a really cool place in Ca. called “Bumpass Hell” It is a really cool hydrothermal area in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Great hike too
@@christinecurtis5167 Thanks for the recommendation! We visited Lassen and I believe did the Bumpass Hell hike too! Really beautiful spot with no crowds!!
@@christinecurtis5167 check out the Manila Falls hike. Great waterfall at the end. No guides needed, but super fun. Watch and enjoy. Mahalo
I want to visit this place so bad
Hello, we haven’t gotten to do it yet. Hope to go next DECEMBER. Hopefully some of the stairs at the top will be kept when they demo it. MAHALO
Hopefully so! We really enjoy this trail.
I would love to hike this trail but I’m not on tip top shape. How hard would y’all say this is for someone who is not a fitness person?
We think it is doable, it might take you a bit longer. Especially on the steep incline parts, but you can just take a break. What’s hard about this hike, is that it takes so long (7-8 hours) with a pretty long steep incline part. It should be doable :)
Did you go down the same trail you can up?
Yes, we did! It took us around eight hours.
curious question, why is the other way illegal? This looks like its more dangerous than the stairs, if only they repair it and charge a fee instead.
I think it's a liability issue, since the stairs are owned by the city. I also think the local community is against opening the stairs. I wish they would fix the stairs and open them up for hikers though!
@@DennyandNikki agree. The other way you went is breath taking but i feel like it would be dangerous at times than the stairs ( if they fix it )
Is it dangerous? Or more just exhausting?
It is definitely an exhausting hike, because the way up is so long. It could be dangerous, because of the ridge line, winds and potential muddy parts where you’re holding on to a rope.
hey can't we legally hike to up by stairs, please reply l gratefull
Nope! People still do it though, but walking the haiku stairs is illegal.
@@DennyandNikki hey actually l am 15 now but stairway to heaven is my dream place to go so l want to go in future so l want to ask that will it be opened in future or will be closed forever please reply will be gratefull
It might be open in the future. There is some talk to fix the stairs and reopen it for tourists. But if that actually happens... and when that would be, remains a question for both you and me! But at least you could do the legal way up, and then see the stairs :)
@@DennyandNikki thanks for the information
Those are strawberr guavas.
Oh my. “..definitely not for the faint of heart”. This is among the very most strenuous hikes on O’ahu, and if you are not in good physical condition, I would not recommend you even attempt it. I think you two got that point across pretty well. Congrats on making it to the dish!!
Those look like strawberry guava.
How long is the illegal way vs this one?
We have never hiked the illegal way, but we spoke to people at the top who have. They told us it took them about 3 hours up, and 1-2 hours down. I believe it took us 7,5 to 8 hours roundtrip the legal way.
@@DennyandNikki Thanks for the reply!
This looks scary
It's treacherous!
I would never anyway climb that. O hell no..
I plan on doing this hike barefoot. See you at the top.
Weird only took 2 Horus
How sick council members voted to remove. Can allow people a few pleasures in life. So disgusting
dude is hiking in flip flops!?
Our city Government will be removing the stairs you will no longer be able access the stairs.
You found guava on the trail. There is a lot all over Hawaii, if you shake the tree the ripe ones will fall. Also, even though the hike is technically “legal” once you touch the stairs or the metal thing at the top that’s when you’re technically breaking the law & yea this “back way” is a lot longer and a lot more dangerous. Just for reference
Respect the places you visit. You’re not supposed to be up there.
I low-key feel like it's disrespectful to call this place the stairway to heaven
Mate did you do this hike in sandals? 🫣