Top Photo: Tracey with first lake in the background. Next: 50 m waterfall from second lake. Next: Tracey ascending the steep slope beside the 50m waterfall. Next: Reflection off the second lake. Next: Quick swim in the fourth glacial lake (our camp).There are a lot of photos to post for this trip as it was a beautiful time. We were originally going to spend three nights there but decided to leave Thursday morning instead as Tracey got off work late Wednesday afternoon, and we had Arun visiting for a few days. It is a good thing that we did leave on Thursday as it took us a lot longer to get to our camping area than we expected.
The trail to second Geraldine Lake was in much better shape than the trail reports suggested. There was a lot of flooding (including the campground) but that is how we've always experienced this trail. The route back to the fourth lake was nasty. Bare;y a trail and flooded in many places. The river crossing was fast and upper shin deep... felt good though in the +30'C weather. Geraldine Valley should be known as the Valley of Glacial Lakes and Waterfalls. This is definitely one of my top three favourite destinations ever! We spent a lot of our time around the fourth lake and a whole day exploring Divergence Pass and an unnamed pas that leads down into the Whirlpool Valley. We swam in glacial lakes and cooled off in alpine tarns. The bugs we pretty horrid at times but it didn't spoil our time there. Check out the pictures... there's lot... but never enough to truly capture this place. Oh... if your interested in having me bring you here, it will take a lot of arm twisting as this is a special spot that we want to save for ourselves! more picture below!
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