Melakwa Lakes

Drove up to the Denny Creek Trailhead near Snoqualmie Pass for a fall hike to Melakwa Lakes, 8.5 miles round trip with 2,500 ft elevation gain.
The trail crosses a bridge over Denny Creek.















The first part of the trail is in a forest

About a mile up the trail, it crosses Denny Creek at a large rocky area.












The creek was running low, so we had no trouble crossing the water.

The trail goes through several open talus fields. We saw a bit of color in the open areas.

Another 0.25 miles we came to views of Keekwulee Falls and Denny Mountain.

















The trail continues up the valley

As the trail starts climbing more steeply towards Hemlock Pass, we had a view of Snowshoe Falls, there wasn't much water in it.

Reach Hemlock Pass at 3.8 miles from the trailhead. Hemlock Pass is forested. Melakwa Lake is another 0.4 miles with 150 ft descent.

First view of Melakwa Lake

Pano of Melakwa Lake and Bryant Peak

0.2 miles along the rocky left side of Melakwa Lake leads to Upper Melakwa Lake

View of Upper Melakwa Lake and Kaleetan Peak from the creek between the two lakes

more views of Upper Melakwa Lake

Heading back down the creek between the two Melakwa Lakes

more views of Melakwa Lake

cool boulders along Melakwa Lake

There were lots of fallen leaves, the fall foliage is fading.

But the remaining foliage was lit up in the afternoon sun

another view of Keekwulee Falls on the hike down the trail