1/3/2023 0 Comments Wetter haleakala![]() ![]() That 8000 foot marker is where I felt the culmination of tired, cold and food deprived. Stage 3 is from the visitor centre to the top of the House of the Sun. The climb starts to morph from a beautiful green tropical paradise to more of a desolate lunar experience. Hopefully, you brought an jacket, because it is about to get chilly. Stage 2 is the steepest section of the climb averaging 6.3% and you should start to feel the legs tire, combined with the dropping temperature as you climb. This is where it starts to get real! I ended up pulling chute on my first attempt at the 6000 foot (1828 metre) marker as I wasn’t feeling yoo hot, it didn’t help that I had broken my collar bone a week and a half before, but it was more of a stomach issue. Stage 2 is from the start of Crater Road to the Visitor Centre located at 2130 m (7000 feet) nearly 40km (25 miles) into the ride. This is the easiest stage, not only because it is the start, but because it has the lowest average grade at 4.3%. If you are attempting Haleakala then stage 1 should feel like a breeze, almost like a warm up to the climb. I consider stage 1 the first 23km all the way to Crater Road. Follow Crater Road for 34 km and you are done! Easy right? Follow Haleakala Highway for 8km (4.9 miles) then make sure to read the obvious signage to make the left turn onto Crater Road. The first turn is at 13km (8 miles) take a right onto Hanamo Road, after 2km (1.2 miles) you will join up with State Highway 377 – also known as Haleakala Highway – take a left. Make sure to touch the ocean before you begin! Start up Baldwin Ave and head to Makawao, there you just keep heading straight through the town and Baldwin Ave turns in to Olinda Road. The most common place to begin the climb is in Paia, at sea level. The culmination of the entire climb is difficult, it is a test of endurance. So what is climbing Haleakala really like? Well, its a grind, not in the typical sense though, Haleakala is just a nice steady 5-6% climb the entire way, there is no one location that is steep or hard. Duration of Climb: 2.5 hours – 10 hours (Out of 1756 cyclists the average rider took 5 hours). ![]() Overall Feel Of Grade: Never too steep, just very consistent the entire way.Elevation of Haleakala: 3055 metres (10,023 feet).The reality of the climb did not really register until we had a chance to drive the entire road which seemed to go on forever, even in a car. The Haleakala bike climb is coined as “the longest paved climb in the world” and worthy of anyone’s bucket list. ![]()
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