A work crew removes debris from a hillside where a mudslide yesterday dumped mud and debris onto the Pali Highway. A geologist for the state Department of Transportation was to examine the hillside and make recommendations on its condition later today. RICHARD AMBO | The Honolulu Advertiser   State Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Ishikawa monitors crews removing debris from the collapsed hillside in front of the Pali Highway tunnels. RICHARD AMBO | The Honolulu Advertiser

"We're pretty much done," Scott Ishikawa, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said this morning. "But we still need to wash down the road. It's still so muddy."

A geologist this afternoon is scheduled to inspect the area of the slide — the right-hand side of the town-bound highway — to check its stability, said Scott Ishikawa, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

Crews also continued to cut down dozens of loose trees about 20 feet up the hillside that are hanging over the Pali, Ishikawa said.