FKT: Kristina Randrup - Denny Creek - Snow Lake Loop (WA) - 2024-09-08

First time doing the off trail traverse between Melakwa and Gem Lake -- there is a boot path you can semi-follow the whole way but even that gets hard to follow, especially on the final ridge/descent to Gem Lake. Knowing that section probably would have shaved off a solid 20 minutes or so. My Lake Melakwa climb was probably also my slowest ever after racing up Si yesterday so plenty of time that can be chopped off still and excited to see that happen! Overall a very fun route to finally check off. Plenty of water on route if you need to refill, best done mid-late summer once snow is gone.