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Is Stairway to Heaven hard hike?

While the illegal Haiku Stairs hike is known to be strenuous, the legal route to the top via the Moanalua Valley Trail is much longer, and even more challenging. The Stairway of Heaven (via Moanalua Valley) starts easy, through a flat creek bed. Soon after, the trail begins climbing quickly in elevation.



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What Is The Length Of The Stairway To Heaven? So how long is the Stairway to Heaven? It is exactly 3,922 steps! It will take you anywhere between 2-5 hours to complete.

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Why is Stairway to Heaven such a good song for a beginning guitarist to learn? Stairway to Heaven is a song in five parts, each of the first four of which is more difficult than the previous one. This is the bit that beginners (well, advanced beginners) learn and play in guitar shops.

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The legal Stairway to Heaven trail starts in the parking lot of Moanalua Valley Neighborhood Park (photo below). This route is relatively flat for a few miles before gaining nearly 3,000 feet to the peak, the top of the Haiku Stairs, and the view of the Pacific Ocean.

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