NPS is reminding the public that all areas on Mauna Loa in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park remain closed above Red Hill Cabin. For up-to-date information on hiking permits and safety, click here.

The two hikers were around 11,000 feet up on the remote slopes of Mauna Loa in the windy, freezing weather when they called 911 on Sunday morning to report that they had no food or water left and ...

Park officials said all areas on Mauna Loa above Red Hill Cabin at the 10,000- foot elevation remain closed. Although visitors can apply for permits online, they must still go to the backcounty ...

To get to the cabin, hikers must complete a steep, 7.5-mile hike at a high elevation and little shade from Mauna Lookout. Frommer's Travel Guides once called this trail " the most challenging hike ...