Mahana Ridge Trail - Lahaina, Hawaii

abellenin1

es un gran lugar para el senderismo hermoso tranquilo y mucha paz es muy recomendable!

Kerry Dardeen

Not a lot of views, so we didn't enjoy it. Not maintained at all.
Started at DT Fleming Park. Entrance is across the road to the left of the preschool.
Lots of overgrown grasses, plants and trees on the trail. Would suggest long pants and long sleeve shirt. A lot of sun to start, but mostly shade for how far we went. We turned around after 2 hours due to so many conflicting reviews/websites that say the distance is anywhere from 9.2 -17 miles out and back. We just didn't see enough beauty to keep going. There are some interesting trees, plants and a couple look outs but not enough to trust that it would get better. 2 hours out, 1:40 back.
At the reservoir, there's nothing to see as the weeds are so high. Also, very difficult to find the trail again.
Just went past the Pine Loop area a bit before turning around.
If you like to be by yourself, this might be something enjoyable as we only seen 1 other person.

Helen De La Rosa

I love Hawaii for two things: Beach and Hiking. There is no snake in Hawaii, hence we usually alternate between beach day and hiking when visiting Hawaii.

This has been a trail of shocks for my family: Hikers be aware, this is a closed loop hiking of 17 miles, don't be misled by the 2.8 miles sign at the entrance by the Fleming Park. There was no warning at trail entrance Fleming Park that the exit at the other end of the trail, the arboretum, is permanently closed. Hence, this is closed loop trail.

Blurry signs. Along the trail, the signs are not well maintained. We had to guess at quite a few forks whether to go left, straight, or right. There were detours from some construction work, which makes it harder to stay on track. When we finally made to a sign, guess what, the letters were worn out and hard to read what's ahead, left or right. There were a few times we thought about turning back, to make this one of our first "abandoned hiking" in Hawaii. However, there always appeared to be one blurry sign indicating there something 1.2 miles ahead, "inviting" us to keep going.

We started around 11am from the entrance by Fleming Park. By 330pm, we barely made to the other end. Instead of an exit, we arrived at a locked-up iron gate, cloudy sky with looming rain. Tired and disappointed, imagine our desperation realizing there's no exit. At 330pm, there's no way we were going to hike back the route that took us 4.5 hours, heading into the dusk then night! This became the trail of desperation. My husband started sharing news story that once upon a time, some hikers got lost on a Maui hiking trail and it took 5 days for search team to finally locate and rescue the hikers... Would you rather head back and get stuck in the mountain in the dark and wet night, or climb over that locked up iron gate to face whatever prosecution the violation might come with?

After hiked many tenuous yet beautiful trails in Kauai, I feel this trail is more like a punishing endurance training.

I call the last photo “tree of life” after escaping the trail trap. 😂

Ryan Boxleitner

I do a lot of hiking in the PNW and really enjoyed this hike. The moderate difficulty made the distance manageable. The trailhead picks up right by D.T. Fleming beach.

Finished in 3.5 hrs but I only went up to the lookout (about mile 6-7). After that there is a loop through the ‘arboretum’ which is really just a down hike loop back to the main trail below with some native plant signs. For the most park you’re hiking amongst the trees, you don’t really ever break above the tree line. The signage is not great and I had to backtrack at one point near the reservoir. When you hit the Y above the reservoir about 3M up, the trail continues just off to the left of the Y but is covered in tall grass.

That all said, great workout and enjoyable views. If you’re a hiker and you want a somewhat challenging escape from pool lounging, this will do the trick.

Victoria Bezden

This is a good hike overall, but tiring. Reserve at least 6 hours for it, half an hour more if you going to eat in picnic area or otherwise stop for passion fruits or guavas. People who said 4 hours either ran all the time or simply didn't make it till the end. I would appraise this hike as moderate if it wasn't so long, so I mark it as"hard" for most of the people. It totalled 30000 steps, therefore 20 kilometers or around 12.5 miles. Incline is very moderate, steps are rare and 90% of the trail is shady.
We took 1.75l of water (almost half gallon) for 2 people and it was enough. Most people should take more. Hat is a must.
Trail was very dry (done in October 2023).
Trail starts near preschool, so park at the beach.
Signs posted all around, many of them bleached.
Ferns are very scratchy at the last hour of walking, happily they don't last long.

Steven Voytac

Definitely a workout of a trail. Out and back it can be as long as 10 miles but the nice part is that you can go as far as you feel like. I only went about 2.5 miles in and started from the beach near the Ritz. Bring plenty of water as it’s a steady climb upwards. I would also suggest starting early as the sun can be kinda brutal, I decided to leave at 1pm and wish Inhad left earlier. The trail is overgrown in a lot of places, so prepare for torso high vegetation, but keep an eye on the ground and you’ll be fine. I wish I made it to some of the more scenic overlooks but the view wasn’t bad at all. You’ll go under a bridge, across a golf course, and even past a grove of baby palm trees. I usually high in sneakers as I don’t like hiking boots, but here the ankle support would be nice as it’s rocky and easy to roll an ankle if you aren’t paying attention.

Garrett Klapproth

Great hike and trail! We did about 2 miles in from the start then turned around, and loved every minute of it! Would definitely come back better prepared and go for the whole 17 mile round trip!

Jun Valenzuela

About 10 miles out and back hiking in a semi jungle and shaded environment. Very peaceful because not many people want to take on this hike. Great views, not very steep.