This unnamed lake (on most maps) is only 3/4 of a mile from the Gianelli Trail Head and located South East and about 300 feet below the Gianelli trail head elevation.  It appears to be a created lake that at one point was slightly dammed to build a possible stock pond since the rocks show an historical higher water level mark on them.  Many marmots have been found around this area.  It has silted up heavily making for poor swimming.

What might be more worthy of this hike than the lake if caught early enough in the season is Bell Creek Falls.  These amazing set of cascading falls are directly feeding into Marmot lake and can be reached from Marmot lake in about 10 minutes by climbing up the granite a bit.  Some of the best falls are about 1/2 way up the steeper granite wall that feeds Marmot lake.  To get to these falls, we hiked a bit to the left of the falls and it’s fairly easy climbing up the smoother granite faces.

thick mud in Marmot lake

Marmot Lake routes

Update: July 16, 2017

Yesterday we visited Marmot lake area and were completely impressed with a new feature we had never seen before.  With this year’s incredible large snow pack and late and high flow melt, a unique and amazing Bell Creek waterfalls were there easy to navigate and access above Marmot lake.

We hiked up first to the smaller set of cascading falls and then secondly we hiked up to this second large rock shelf where two large waterfalls were pounding water down and you could get under the freezing and pounding water falls for a short blast!

These falls are typically not accessible when Gianelli road is blocked with snow but probably not flowing once the road is open and clear of snow.