A view of Pu‘u Pua‘i cindercone and native plants from Devastation Trail leading to Byron Ledge Trail, 11/1/2019. (NPS Photo/Janice Wei)

(BIVN) – Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park will reopen connecting sections of Byron Ledge Trail and Devastation Trail that lead to Kīlauea Iki Trail on Saturday, November 9.

In a National Park Service announcement issued on Friday, officials said:

The scenic 1.1-mile section of trail required repairs and monitoring following intense earthquakes during the Kīlauea eruption and summit collapse of 2018. The connector trails provide hikers with views of the Pu‘u Pua‘i cinder cone, and three volcanoes (Kīlauea, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea) en route to the Kīlauea Iki trailhead on the west side of the crater.

The Devastation Trail parking lot. (NPS Photo/Janice Wei)

The reopening also provides much-needed parking at the Devastation Trail parking lot for hikers wanting to experience the iconic Kīlauea Iki Trail. Parking is limited and often overcrowded at Kīlauea Iki Overlook. Accessing Kīlauea Iki Trail by parking at the Devastation Trail parking lot adds a 2.2-mile “cherry stem” to the four-mile loop trail for a total of 6.2 miles.

Panoramic views of Kīlauea caldera and Mauna Loa from Byron Ledge Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (NPS Photo/Janice Wei)

Additional disaster recovery continues in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park which sustained serious damage from the 60,000 earthquakes that shook Kīlauea between April 30 and Aug. 4, 2018. The park’s recovery progress is regularly updated on the park website.