The Mt Watson Route at the southern end of the Paparoa Range makes for a n adventurous two-day ramble. Croesus Knob grants superb views over the Wes t Coast.
Day 1: Leave cars at the Smoke-ho car park near Blackball. Stroll up the easily-graded miner's track to overnight at the beautifully-sited Ces Clark Hut (bookings essential) now on the Pap aroa Track Great Walk. Time: 3-4 hours.
Day 2:
Clamber up to Croesus Knob (maybe early for the sunrise). Head along
the tussock tops to Mt Leitch. Visit the locked wildlife bivouac en route a
long the ridgetop to Mt Watson (1102m).
From the summit, the route dro
ps 780m down a spur to the Smoke-ho car park. Time: 3-5 hours.
Read a very detailed route description (in the reverse direction) from Tiny Tramp er: https://tinytramper.co m/mt-watson
| Trip Leader : | Raymond Salisbury |
| Phone : | 021 135 8739\n |
| Email : < /td> | |
| Area : | < td>West Coast\n|
| Panic Date : | 07-07- 2025\n |
| Emergency Contact Name : | Lyn ette Salisbuy\n |
| Contacts Address : | 71 Montreal Road, Toi Toi\n |
| Contacts Phone/s : | 021 143 9906\n |
| Contacts Email Ad dress : | |
| Planned Route : | Day 1: Drive to Blackball. From Smoke-ho car park walk into Ces Clark Hut (Paparoa Track) Time: 3-4 hours.Day 2: Climb Croesu s Knob, along tops to Mt Leitch. & Mt Watson. Down spur to Smoke-ho car par k. Time: 3-5 hours. Return to Nelson.\n |
| Grad ing : | Select an appropriate grade for the hardest day on your Trip .\n |
| Grade : | Medium\n |
| The travel distances are used to calculate the cost of a trip. The trip co-ordinator will complete these values. Howe ver, if you know the values, for example by using Google Maps, then by all means complete. Make sure the values (double to include return journey) are correct to be fair to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate ta ble needs to have a month and year value for cents/kilometre. Trip coordina tor is responsible to entering this information.\n | |
| Sealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on sealed roads to/from the trip) : | 0\n |
| Unsealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : | 0\ n |
| Signoff : | Default is Programme, p lease set the Status to either 'Completed' or 'Cancelled' when appropriate. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total numbers on your trip. Thanks. N OTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled the event WON'T appear on th e Home page calendars.\n |
| Event Status : | Cancelled\n |
| Visitors : | 0\n |
| Total : | 2\n |
The Mt Watson Route at the southern end of the Paparoa Range makes for a n adventurous two-day ramble. Croesus Knob grants superb views over the Wes t Coast.
Day 1: Leave cars at the Smoke-ho car park near Blackball. Stroll up the easily-graded miner's track to overnight at the beautifully-sited Ces Clark Hut (bookings essential) now on the Pap aroa Track Great Walk. Time: 3-4 hours.
Day 2:
Clamber up to Croesus Knob (maybe early for the sunrise). Head along
the tussock tops to Mt Leitch. Visit the locked wildlife bivouac en route a
long the ridgetop to Mt Watson (1102m).
From the summit, the route dro
ps 780m down a spur to the Smoke-ho car park. Time: 3-5 hours.
Read a very detailed route description (in the reverse direction) from Tiny Tramp er: https://tinytramper.co m/mt-watson
| Trip Leader : | Raymond Salisbury |
| Phone : | 021 135 8739\n |
| Email : | |
| Area : | West Coast\n |
| Panic Date : | 07- 07-2025\n |
| Emergency Contact Name : | Lynette Salisbuy\n |
| Contacts Address : | < td>71 Montreal Road, Toi Toi\n|
| Contacts Phon e/s : | 021 143 9906\n |
| Contacts Email Address : | |
| Planned Route : | Day 1: Drive to Blackball. From Smoke-ho car pa rk walk into Ces Clark Hut (Paparoa Track) Time: 3-4 hours.Day 2: Climb Cro esus Knob, along tops to Mt Leitch. & Mt Watson. Down spur to Smoke-ho car park. Time: 3-5 hours. Return to Nelson.\n |
| G rading : | Select an appropriate grade for the hardest day on your T rip.\n |
| Grade : | Medium\n | Cost : | The travel distances are used to calcul ate the cost of a trip. The trip co-ordinator will complete these values. H owever, if you know the values, for example by using Google Maps, then by a ll means complete. Make sure the values (double to include return journey) are correct to be fair to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have a month and year value for cents/kilometre. Trip coord inator is responsible to entering this information.\n |
| Sealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on sealed roads to/f rom the trip) : | 0\n |
| Unsealed km (En ter the number of kms travelled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : | 0\n |
| Signoff : | Default is Programme , please set the Status to either 'Completed' or 'Cancelled' when appropria te. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total numbers on your trip. Thanks . NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled the event WON'T appear on the Home page calendars.\n |
| Event Status : < /td> | Cancelled\n |
| Visitors : | 0\n< /td> |
| Total : | 2\n |