The trail will take you under the westbound lanes of I-90 to an area known as the "Bathing Rocks" (Beware of naturalists during mid week). At this point cross the creek and continue up to Keekwulee Falls and later Snowshoe Falls, here the trail is made up of rather steep switch backs for about 1/2 mile. From here you are in a basin that stretches out before you. Eventualy you get to another set of steep switch backs that will take you to Hemlock Pass elevation 4600 feet. Once over the pass, continue to Melakwa Lake and upper Melakwa Lake.
 

1 Trail start	25 Keekwulee Falls
2 Wooden path	26 Keekwulee Falls
3 Swamp waters	27 Keekwulee Falls
4 One of many side creeks	28 Keekwulee Falls
5 The same creek	29 Keekwulee Falls
6 Bridge over Denny Creek	30 Keekwulee Falls from above
7 Bridge from other side	31 Canyon above the falls
8 Crossing under I-90	32 Canyon
9 Crossed under I-90	33 Crossing small creek
10 Denny Creek	34 Half log bridge across Denny Creek
11 Same	35 Waterfall crossing
12 Same	36 First view of Melakwa Lake
13 The Bathing Rocks	37 Melakwa Lake
14 Trail crossing at the Bathing Rocks	38 Melakwa Lake looking east
15 Smooth Granite & crisp waters	39 Snowfields (yes mid June!)
16 Flower	40 Melakwa Lake looking north
17 You see these all over the place	41 Again
18 The Tooth in the distance	42 And again
19 More flowers	43 Rugged trail
20 West side of the basin	44 Pat on Hemlock Pass
21 Same	45 View on Hemlock Pass (nice!)
22 Looking south from high point	46 Talus crossing
23 One of many creeks feeding Denny Creek	47 Snowshoe Falls
24 Keekwulee Falls	48 On the way back, looking south in the basin

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