Waiau Pass crossing -- Nelson Lakes over to Canterbury, Day 3

West Sabine Hut with enough sun to make departure for Blue Lake easier.

Like mother, like son. What are they doing: blissed out or communing with the mountain gods?

Blue Lake, evidently the clearest water in the world. It's possible to see 70 metres through the water which is just short of the theoretical maximum of 73 metres for distilled water. It's so clear because there is no over land inlet to it: all the water percolates through the moraine in the background which hold Lake Constance.

Shelter from the...  Blue Lake Hut with a wet wood fire going and to the west the cloud sitting on the tops above the route to Moss Pass in the background.

Will it clear and be fine enough for us to cross Waiau Pass on the morrow? In the evening light, a skiff of fresh snow deposited on the tops to the east of Blue Lake Hut by the southerly.