Koko Crater Tramway in Honolulu, Hawaii

For those who dare, you might find yourself climbing approximately 1,041 "steps" of an old tramway track on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. That's right, you're climbing the path of something that once existed to aid transportation up the side of a crater. On foot. The nonprofit organization which maintains the trail charts its elevation gain at 1,100 ft feet over the first half of this 1.6 mile out and back hike. Whoof! The tramway was originally built by the U.S. army during World War II to transport people and supplies to the radar station at the summit of Kohelepelepe. But the tramway was eve

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