It's icy up here, waiting for sunset. When I booked the trip, they asked me what size parka I needed. Peculiar question for a trip to Hawaii. But the summit of Mauna Kea, at 13,796 feet, can be ...

ATOP MAUNA KEA, Hawaii – If you count from sea level, we were 13,796 feet up, almost as high as Mount Rainier. Plenty high enough. But if you count from the ocean floor? My Big Island tour group ...

The view of the Pacific, and of neighboring active volcano Mauna Loa, is blocked by the bank of clouds floating just a few hundred feet below the summit and creating a heavenly view of their own.

It was Mauna Kea. — -----Horse and cattle ranches dot the rolling landscape here, and much of the time the clouds are so low you feel as though you could touch them. Sometimes you are literally ...

Heavy snow fell on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa over several days in the first week of December. Snow on Hawaii's mountain peaks is not uncommon in the colder months because they are nearly 14,000 feet ...

And once the clouds cleared, crews found snow drifts of up to 10 feet along a 1/2-mile stretch of the road. Officials say the snow and ice are exceptionally difficult for staff to clear. View this ...

The peak of the mountain is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level, looming high above any light pollution and most clouds. ... (TMT), to take advantage of the pristine view on Mauna Kea.