Franz Josef Glacier Valley Walk

Trail description

Out-and-back walk up the Waiho River valley towards Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere, from the car park at the end of the Glacier Access Road in Westland Tai Poutini National Park. The track crosses the valley floor left by the retreating glacier, a good place to see the landscape the ice has shaped. This line follows the section OSM shows as open; the upper section to the old viewpoint is marked closed. The valley is volatile: obey all signs and barriers, and check DOC track status first, as the walk is closed at times by floods, slips or ice collapse.

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