Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,407 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Franktown, NV. It climbs 3,407 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,177 – 8,268 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Valley Road 39.25567, -119.84439
Nearest town Franktown, NV

Directions

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Capital to Tahoe Trail–Franktown Creek Road, 4 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,407 ft · 7 hr 4 min

Elevation 5,177–8,269 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: Little Valley Road · 39.25567, -119.84439

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start on Little Valley Road, heading W.
  2. 3.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red House Flume Trail, heading S.
  7. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Marlette Lake Road, heading S.
  10. 1.6 miBear right onto Capital to Tahoe Trail, heading S.
  11. 100 ftReach Little Valley Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading SW.
  13. 1.6 miSharp left onto Sunflower Hill Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right onto Red House Flume Trail, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miSharp left onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left onto Little Valley Road, heading NW.
  21. 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 92°F60°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue 93°69°
Wed 93°67°
Thu 96°63°
Fri 96°64°
Sat 97°65°
Sun 97°63°

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