New small glacial lakeAfter the extremely hot summer of 2003 a new small glacial lake, dammed by a small riegel, emerged from the ice about 700 metres south of Steisee at approx. 2050 metres above sea level. | |||
 August 2005: overview. |  Enlarged section of previous photo; fluted moraine left of lake. |  August 2005: View from lake shore, looking upglacier. |  Variegated crystalline boulder, only recently deposited by the ice. |
 More boulders shortly before being deposited by the glacier. Right: formation of a delta. |  August 2005: small glacier table (below left). |  October 2006: since 2005 the ice margin has receded a few more metres. |  October 2006: since 2005 the lake has become slightly larger. |
| Fotos Jürg Alean | |||