Liam traversing on the short-cut down from the Snoqualmie-Guye saddle's low point. This dead, limbless snag is a prominent landmark from which you can traverse up/right below a cliff band to proceed south and east to the saddle. Keep an eye out for the snag as you first leave the steep trail ascending from the Alpental parking lot and emerge onto the first talus/boulder field and stay right/south to a cairn (rather than following the more prominent boot track along the north/left side of the first field.