Paringa - Marks Flat - Clark South Westland 7-14 February

8 day trip with 5 of us. Route was up the Paringa to McCulloughs Creek, Marks Flat and down the Clark to the Haast Road
Monday, 07 February 2022

View up Paringa R from start

Side stream near the fork with the Otoko

View down Paringa from Stew Creek to the Otoko Forks

Private hut at Otoko forks

Crossing an unnamed side stream

Serpentine Creek and the head of the Paringa

Tunnel Creek hut in the Paringa - 1st night

Near the hut

View up valley from Tunnel Creek hut

Climbing the next to Tunnel Creek

Rock bivy above the Paringa

Lunch in the bivy

Sidling the ledges to the head of the Paringa

Tarn on the ledges

View of route through the head and the pass into McCullaugh Creek

On the pass looking down McCullaugh Creek

The pass

Dropping into McCullaugh Ck

Camp in the head of McCullaugh Ck

Rain coming in the morning

Rain going down the head of McCullaugh Ck

From near our bushline campsite looking up the Clarke

Rain at bushline camp

Looking down the Clarke

Looking into the Clarke - Monro Flat

Slow going along a high bench

Some rocky bush travel

Crossing the Clarke above Monro Flat

Camp by Saddle Stream in the Clarke

Climbing up Saddle Stream

Near the top of Saddle Stream

Mt Hooker from the saddle

On the saddle looking towards Mt Gow and Lower Otoko Pass

Mt Hooker and Marks Flat

Mt Hooker from the saddle

By-passing a swamp on Marks Flat

View up valley at Marks Flat

Heading down to the rock bivy on Marks Flat

The Marks Flat bivy

View of the flat and the Solution Range from the bivy

Julies comfy spot

Morning mist

Forest in Saddle Creek on the way down

Mt Hooker

Below Monro flat, Clarke River looking at Hooker

Campfire in the Clarke

Clarke River

Shoulder above Davies Flat in the Clarke

Clarke River not far from Rough Creek

The lower gorge in the Clarke - we went around it

Climbing around a gorgey bit

Rough Ck-Clarke fork looking south

Clarke at Rough Ck

Checking the Landsborough crossing

Looking up the Clarke from camp on south side of the Landsborough

Evening looking towards the Haast river

Mt Hooker from the lower Landsborough