Is there a current internet update (March, 1996) on trail conditions, eruption and flow status, lava viewing restrictions, etc, for the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park?

Hi Thomas,

I don't know if there is such an internet address, but I just returned from Kilauea yesterday so I can give you an update. Currently the eruption is continuing but unfortunately live lava is just about as inaccessible as could possibly be. At the end of Chain of Craters' Rd. there is a short (~0.5 km) trail that leads to a high area where you can see the steam plume some 2.5 km away. At night you can see the glow of the lava reflected off the base of this plume and you can also see (also at about 2.5 km away) some small pahoehoe breakouts. Probably until there is another pause and the tubes have to become re-established, this situation will remain. When such a re-establishment does occur, hopefully it will occur farther to the west, and thus closer to the end of Chain of Craters' Rd.

Sincerely,

Scott Rowland

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