Croesus Knob & Mt Watson loop

West Coast

Grade: N/A

Event Status: Programme Hits : 19

From Saturday 03 April 2027
To Sunday 04 April 2027
Cost: $ 

Trip Leader:

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Description  

Croesus Knob & Mt Watson circuit | Paparoa National Park

Meet-up Venue: Badminton Hall, Gladstone Rd, Richmond

Distance: 20km (total walking)

Duration: 2 Days. (8 hours total walking)

Grade: Medium (Great Walk on first day to hut).

Accommodation: Ces Clark Hut - 16 bunks (Must be booked on DOC website. Hut Pass owners claim back money.)

ITINERARY:

Saturday: Drive from Nelson to Blackball (4 hrs).
From Smoke-ho car park, we walk a leisurely three hours up to Ces Clark Hut at the bushline, arcing around the headwaters of Blackball Creek. (3 hrs; 9km)
This superbly-sited cabin sports gas hobs, a whistling kettle, with firewood & coal for the fireplace. (Halfway along this gradually-graded gold-miners' bridle path is the old hut at Garden Gully.)

Sunday: We follow the Great Walk track around to climb Croesus Knob (1204m) which sports fantastic views of the coast and Sthn Alps. (2km)
Continuing on south, we traverse 6km on an undulating ridgeline over Pt 1127, following poles along to the Mt Watson trig (1102m). (Mt Leitch bivvy could be bagged, for an hour's detour). 
Finally, we then drop down 3.5km on a marked track directly to the car park. (5 hrs).

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