At the summit of Mount Ainos.

The peak of Mount Ainos is to my back.

Before hiking up I met Klaus and Uschi, a couple from Germany. We did the hike together. It was wonderful having new friends up there because other than them I only saw a few people while I was hiking around.

Photo taken by a lovely couple I met on the hike up - Klaus and Uschi from Germany.

Almost to the summit of Mount Ainos.

The last leg of the hike to the summit of Mount Ainos. It goes from steep to what may as well be vertical. The path is switchbacks all the way up.

After a leasurly 30 minute walk from the car park, the trail turns steep for the final few hundred feet in elevation.