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SUMMARY:Croesus Knob & Mt Watson loop
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DESCRIPTION: (images/uploads/Trip_Adverts/Croesus-Knob--Watson_FB_AD_web.jpg)Croesus Kn
 ob & Mt Watson circuit | Paparoa National ParkMeet-up Venue: Badminton 
 Hall, Gladstone Rd, Richmond\nDistance: 20km (total walking)\nDuration: 2 D
 ays. (8 hours total walking)\nGrade: Medium (Great Walk on first day to hut
 ).\nAccommodation: Ces Clark Hut - 16 bunks (Must be booked on DOC website.
  Hut Pass owners claim back money.)\nITINERARY:\nSaturday: Drive from Nelso
 n to Blackball (4 hrs).\nFrom 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)\nThis superbly-sited cabin sports gas hobs, a
  whistling kettle, with firewood & coal for the fireplace. (Halfway alo
 ng this gradually-graded gold-miners' bridle path is the old hut at Garden 
 Gully.)\nSunday: We follow the Great Walk track around to climb Croesus Kno
 b (1204m) which sports fantastic views of the coast and Sthn Alps. (2km)\nC
 ontinuing on south, we traverse 6km on an undulating ridgeline over Pt 1127
 , following poles along to the Mt Watson trig (1102m). (Mt Leitch bivvy cou
 ld be bagged, for an hour's detour). \nFinally, we then drop down 3.5km on 
 a marked track directly to the car park. (5 hrs).\n This event was imported
  from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/events-search-results/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1><a href="https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/images/uploads/Trip_Adv
 erts/Croesus-Knob--Watson_FB_AD_web.jpg" class="jcepopup" data-mediabox="1"
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 s Knob Watson FB AD web" /></a></h1><h1>Croesus Knob &amp; Mt Watson circui
 t | Paparoa National Park</h1><p><strong>Meet-up Venue:</strong> Badminton 
 Hall, Gladstone Rd, Richmond</p><p><strong>Distance:</strong>&nbsp;20km (to
 tal walking)</p><p><strong>Duration:</strong> 2 Days. (8 hours total walkin
 g)</p><p><strong>Grade:&nbsp;</strong>Medium (Great Walk on first day to hu
 t).</p><p><strong>Accommodation:</strong> Ces Clark Hut - 16 bunks (Must be
  booked on DOC website. Hut Pass owners claim back money.)</p><p><span styl
 e="color: #0000ff;"><strong>ITINERARY:</strong></span></p><p><strong>Saturd
 ay:&nbsp;</strong>Drive from Nelson to Blackball (4 hrs).<br />From Smoke-h
 o car park, we walk a leisurely three hours up to Ces Clark Hut at the bush
 line, arcing around the headwaters of Blackball Creek. (3 hrs; 9km)<br />Th
 is superbly-sited cabin sports gas hobs, a whistling kettle, with firewood 
 &amp; coal for the fireplace.&nbsp;(Halfway along this gradually-graded gol
 d-miners' bridle path is the old hut at Garden Gully.)</p><p><strong>Sunday
 :</strong> We follow the Great Walk track around to climb Croesus Knob (120
 4m) which sports fantastic views of the coast and Sthn Alps. (2km)<br />Con
 tinuing 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).&nbsp;<br />Finally, we then drop down 3.
 5km on a marked track directly to the car park. (5 hrs).</p> <a href="https
 ://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/events-search-results/1657/croesus
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