Description

Distance: 2.6km return via the same track. Time: 1hr This walk branches off the Blue Lakes Track just past the Blue Lakes shelter and leads to a viewpoint of the glaciers terminal lake. Another track branches off to go to the source of the Tasman River. Icebergs can usually be seen floating in the lake in summer, and in winter, the lake freezes over. The track leads through the glaciers old terminal moraines (rock and stone debris left when a glacier retreats), and you can see good examples of plant succession along the route.