Artifacts of a work-camp cabin next to today's Marlette Lake Trail: the Woodcutter's Cabin site
Woodcutter's Cabin

Artifacts with a view: Snow Valley Peak can be seen through the forest opening

In contrast to the historic Spencer's Cabin that still stands farther down the canyon, here at the site of the Woodcutter's Cabin alongside the single-track Marlette Lake Trail, you will only find a few artificats. This is now a scenic forest site open enough to allow views of Snow Valley Peak (elev. 9214 ft)—northeast across the canyon. The onsite interpretive panel speculates that the building, which was once standing here, was a woodcutter's cabin, due to its close proximity to the primary flume and wood haul road. We also read:
The Carson Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company, and the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company all worked in this region. Lumber and water companies built these cabins as work camps for their operations. They were simple and unrefined, but provided ample living quarters for immigrants who flooded the area in the 1870s and 1880s looking for jobs.
Today the area is visited (rarely flooded) by outdoor enthusiasts looking for recreation. They come to enjoy hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing—or tracing the history of the Carson Range and beyond.
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