And then, Tiegen was among 50 or so people who bundled up along Mauna Kea’s slopes Friday to see lava flowing down Mauna Loa, “peeking through swiftly moving cloud banks,” he said in a text ...

Mauna Kea bears a dusting of snow after a winter storm. In a major shift in strategy, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of ...

Mauna Kea Summit Adventures and Hawaii Forest and Trail are two reputable companies for tours of Mauna Kea. Tours typically last around eight hours and include round-trip transportation, dinner ...

Mauna Kea, on the island of ... mountain,” referring to “the snow that caps its broad slopes for parts of the year,” according to the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.

For astronomers, Mauna Kea has always been attractive for its ideal observing conditions. At 13,800 feet (4,200 meters) high, the peak lies above much of the distorting effects of the atmosphere ...

The federal government's decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the ...

A tourist has been slammed after he filmed himself urinating and giving the middle finger on Hawaii's sacred Mauna Kea.. Travis Upright has been forced to issue a grovelling apology after posting ...

He’s still figuring that out at Mauna Kea, where the 13 stargazing stations bend the wind and tourist traffic throws off carbon levels. One area on the volcano’s western flank became ...

The first snow of the season covered Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Summit on Monday, October 28, footage shows. “Winter is here,” the Maunakea Visitor Information Station said on Sunday, October 27 ...

The tours offer the chance for residents to learn about the scientific, cultural, and environmental importance of the mauna, ...