Yay! Blue skies this morning so we walked up to see the Franz Joseph Glacier. This glacier has retreated SO much in the last 5 years! We did 2 other walks, so 3 hours walking before lunch. Then we decided to go to the hot pools for a soak. A few minutes after we took the photos it began to hail heavily!!!! Then there was a monsoon of rain before it cleared up again. I've never been in hot pools in the rain before.
The walk up the valley is about 1 and 1/2 hrs return - sunny but very cold air coming off the glacier.
The glacier was way past here 5 years ago.
100 years ago the glacier was behind this lake.
Very nice warm hot pools just before the hail storm.
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