Place Creek Trail (Place Glacier)

A gravel cul de sac with a sign declaring it to be Anson Pl. cuts right (south) from the D'Arcy road about 21 km after Mount Curie. The road appears a half kilometre after (east of) a railway crossing, and about half a kilometre before (west of) a sign announcing the town of Birken. The cul de sac is only about 150 metres long, with a large turnaround at the end providing plenty of parking. The old road that leads to the Place Creek Trail veers left off of this much newer gravel cul de sac.
From Anson Pl. follow the small road that branches to the left (east). After 100m you cross the railway tracks and must jump a gate. Signs indicate that you are entering private property. The road continues under a set of power lines. At the other end of the power line swath the road forks: take the left hand (eastern) fork. This road leads you under another set of power lines. The continuation on the other side of this swath is bushier, but easy to follow. It leads to a T junction with a gravel road, on which you turn left (up hill) and follow until it terminates at Place Creek. The trail can be found on the left here, heading up the creek.

From here the trail is easy to follow. The flagging is sparse in the lower elevations, but it is really not needed. The footbed is well defined. Once approaching the alpine you enter a boulder field below a headwall. Cairns mark the route; it goes right at the headwall and heads towards Place Creek.

2015-07-06