Winter Trip: West Coast

After a couple of awesome days in Milford Sound we packed back into Hellboy and rallied over Haast pass to the west coast (stopping in Queenstown for a brief hour to get coffee *jitters*). We woke up on a pretty beach, took in the views of the Southern alps from the west and checked out the Fox glacier. It was definitely one of those places we both felt required a lot more time to explore, but hey, this is usually the case.

Gneiss stuff *ba-dum Tshhhh!*

Moraine and talus as a result of glaciation

An utterly massive boulder in the Moraine (pile of rocks a glacier leaves behind for you flat landers). Sadly, glacial melt water and hypothermia separated me from what could have been some epic bouldering. *sigh*. A person could easily stand in the shady area on the left.

Perma-stubble

Ice blocks, some were the size of pumpkins

Glaciers can move feet per year, so we had to scram after this

The sign says do not taunt glacier with snowballs

A wicked ice cave we were way to cautious to get close to

We are probably standing at the terminus of the glacier 5 years prior

No my tongue did not stick to it.