Sacred Falls

VIew only from a helicopter. Entry is a crime and is critically dangerous. Recreational Darwinism may sound good, but rescuing the injured places rescuers in great peril. Emergency Responders have perished in the area. Entering Sacred Falls is like spitting in the face of Emergency Responders and risks making their children orphans.

I hiked this trail in January of 1999…4 months before the rock slide that killed all those folks. Spectacular hike and treacherous… I did fall flat on my back when my foot slipped on a muddy trail. I had to wash off about a gallon of mud in the creek. I didn’t know it was dangerous back then or I might have not hiked it just for the sake of the first responders safety. Too bad that it is so dangerous.
These folks that defy the law now are acting in a very self centered way. I know that the hike has a draw on adventurers because I’m one of them… but they need to heed the law! It’s thee for a good reason…

I just recently flew over Sacred Fall by helicopter. It was an awesome site and that is the way to go to see this beautiful area. Heed warnings and have respect for Hawaii or don’t come.

There is no such thing as «hike at your own risk». If you are injured, Emergency Service professionals will respond regardless of where you are, whether or not you are supposed to be there and whether or not you were hiking at your own risk! Please do not expose them to this hazardous rescue environment even if you have little regard for your own well-​being. Stay away!

I can attest firsthand that this trail is closed for a good reason. I have hiked into Sacred Falls several times, making sure to heed warnings and go there only if the weather was ideal. Although it is uniquely beautiful, almost every time I’ve been there I’ve gotten really nervous from seeing hearing small rocks tumble down the cliffs. The last time I went there, a very large rock came down and crashed right near me. We booked it out of that valley as fast as we could after that and I swore to never go back.
To me, the trail is just really not worth the risk. Even when the weather is clear everywhere else, it can still get rainy deep in that valley. And even in perfect weather, there can still be falling rocks and potential landslides. Being in there is like you’re trapped right in the middle of two giant skyscrapers and the wind is blowing all kinds of rocks over the tops.
DLNR recently issued a video warning hikers about trespassing at this site. Like they said in the video, I thought that the trespassing signs and warnings of fines were mostly there for liability purposes. Turns out they actually issue tons of fines, and if you’re an out-​of-​state visitor, you will have to come back to Oahu for your date in court. Furthermore, they can be guarding any portion of the trail, not just the entrance.
For a taller, more impressive waterfall, check out Lulumahu Falls off the Pali.

You ding a lings who thumb your nose by going up there even when you know it’s against the law, I hope they fine the living crap out of you. Self centered jag offs.

Sacred Falls. My husband and I hiked here on November 2^nd, 2014. The hike is closed to the public due to a tragic landslide that happen on May 9^th, 1999 that killed 8 people and injured 20+ people. There now is a guard at the beginning of the trail to keep people out but if you must see this beautiful place there are a few things you should know. Everyone hike at your own risk!
Directions: we read many reviews on how to go about of the trail everyone says that it’s in the Sacred Falls State Park but what the don’t say is that you can actually see the park from the road. You will need to find the street called Puhuli street. You don’t actually turn down this road but this is the last road to the left that you will see. After you pass Puhuli street you will go across a little bridge. Pass the bridge there is also a sign for a church on the left once pass the church you will see a YELLOW Gate. That’s the entrance to the trail. Sometimes there will be a guard set up there. If you drive by slow enough passed the yellow gate there is a chain link fence and gate behind it there is a small building this is how you know you are defiantly at the right place. Now for park DO NOT park at the little turn out right in front of the gate because if the guard isn’t there when you arrive he will be when you get back. We parked down the road at a little beach before the bridge that I mentioned before and you will walked across it and back up towards the gate. As you are walking towards the gate on the left side of the street there will be a trail that’s covered in pine trees and it will also have one sign saying to keep out but the is where you will go in to get to the trail without being seen. The trail will lead you to the side of the gate and chain link fence. Once you get passed the chain link fence you will see the little building and it will be a gravel road. Follow this road all the way to the trail. Once you come to a blue no passing sign or a junction in the road go LEFT! After this there is nothing else to worry about just follow the define path all the way to Sacred Falls. Everyone hike at your own risk!