Unlike Mauna Kea on Big Island, the drive to the top of Haleakala is a proper tarmac road all the way to the top and therefore somewhat less treacherous - but the hairpin bends with huge drops are still challenging when driving up and down again.
The top of the volcano is 10,000 feet above sea level and like Mauna Kea if it's true height from the bottom of the ocean was counted, this would also be taller than Mount Everest.
The rim of the crater is almost always hidden by clouds from sea level and so as you can see here from our pictures, once above the cloud level the clear blue skies and thin air make everything crystal clear.
Along the way up the mountain there are lots of trails which we took to explore the views and the crater rim.
This is one of those trails.
Once we were above the clouds, surprisingly the temperature got warmer and we could still be quite comfortable in t shirts and shorts,
This is the inside of the volcano.
The colours of the sandy lava look like they were painted on to a blank canvas.
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