This week, the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii’s nearly 14,000-foot volcano that looms over the Big Island, was coated in fresh snow. In November. Before traditionally snow-blanketed cities like Denver and Boston.

Rangers from the Center for Maunakea Stewardship reported ice, snow, and everything else that makes winter conditions unsafe for driving, prompting the shutdown of the access road above the Visitor Information Station. A winter weather advisory remains in place through Thursday, along with a forecast of more snow, and a huge bummer for tourists hoping to catch a gorgeous Hawaiian sunset.

It’s not shocking to see one of Hawaii’s tallest peaks blanketed in snow. Maunakea and Mauna Loa get a dusting most winters. What is shocking is that it happened before snowy hotspots back on the ma

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