The Haʻikū Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven or Haʻikū Ladder, is a steep, steel step structure that is being dismantled and removed as of 2024. It provided pedestrian access to former U.S. Navy communication facilities on the island of Oʻahu , Hawaii [ 1 ] with more than 3,000 steps along O‘ahu's Ko'olau mountain range . [ 2 ]

2023年10月30日 · Eighteen-year-old Daylenn "Moke" Pua vanished on February 27, 2015. He was last seen boarding a bus in Waianae, Oahu, Hawaii. Visiting Oahu from the Big Island, he had confided in his grandmother about his plan to hike the Haiku Stairs, also known as the "Stairway to Heaven," a perilous and off-limits trail.

2024年4月12日 · Oahu’s Stairway to Heaven trail, comprising 3,922 slick steel steps that ascend the narrow ridges of the Koolau Mountain Range, has been illegal to hike since 1987. Although trespassing...

2024年4月17日 · The Haiku Stairs, an Oahu landmark often called the Stairway to Heaven, will be removed from the end of April, according to a press release from the Honolulu city government. “I can promise you...

2024年3月28日 · While there haven't actually been any deaths due to falls on this hike, it's easy to see why someone would be concerned about it.

2024年6月26日 · Work to deconstruct the Stairway to Heaven was stopped on Thursday, June 20 due to a Court of Appeals injunction. Both sides presented arguments on Wednesday, June 26 over whether the City...

2024年12月17日 · While it is illegal to hike the official Stairway to Heaven on Oahu, there is a backdoor to the hike– a legal way to reach the summit of the mountain. It’s called the Moanalua Valley Trail. This trail is completely legal, and ends at the final section of the Haiku stairs.

2024年2月12日 · Deaths On The Stairway To Heaven In Hawaii. As of 2025, there have never been any falling deaths on the Stairway To Heaven in Hawaii. The only death I’m aware of was caused by a heart attack in a middle aged hiker (that steep ascent to …

2021年9月21日 · Security guards, “No Trespassing” signs and the threat of fines have done little to deter hikers from making the 3,922-step ascent, known as the “Stairway to Heaven,” to a former radio relay...

2021年7月9日 · Haiku residents pleading for the removal of the stairs. Thrill-seekers nearly falling to their deaths. Even National Geographic featured the stairs in 2015 as one of the best hikes in the world...