Haleakala National Park law enforcement ranger April Brackett climbs stairs covered in ice and compacted snow on her way to the 10,023-foot Pu‘u‘ula‘ula summit Friday afternoon.

There still was a line of snow along a sidewalk at the summit of Haleakala on Wednesday. The Summit District of the national park reopened Wednesday after being closed for two days due to ...

Around one million people a year visit the park, many of whom also ascend to its highest point—Haleakala’s 10,023-foot summit—and peer down at the vast field of dried lava below, which ...

Of course, there's the volcano: Haleakala's summit stands more than 10,000 feet above sea level (in fact, you can see three different islands from its peak on a clear day). For a once-in-lifetime ...