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Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Marlette Lake–Hobart Creek Reservoir, 6 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 3,013 ft · 6 hr 42 min

Marlette Lake–Hobart Creek Reservoir, 6 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. The route passes Marlette Lake before reaching Hobart Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 3,013 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,470 – 8,330 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Marlette Creek Trail 39.16750, -119.92672
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
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Marlette Lake–Hobart Creek Reservoir, 6 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 3,013 ft · 6 hr 42 min

Elevation 6,469–8,331 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: Marlette Creek Trail · 39.16750, -119.92672

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Marlette Creek Trail, heading SW.
  2. 2.8 miPass Marlette Lake.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Marlette Flume Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Marlette Lake Road, heading N.
  5. 1.6 miBear right onto Capital to Tahoe Trail, heading N.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading NE.
  7. 1.6 miSharp right onto Franktown Creek Road, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miPass Hobart Creek Reservoir.
  9. 100 ftSharp right onto Hobart Road, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miReach Marlette Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Franktown Creek Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading N.
  13. 1.6 miBear right onto Capital to Tahoe Trail, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading SW.
  15. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Marlette Dam Road, heading SW.
  16. 2 miContinue straight onto Marlette Creek Trail, heading W.
  17. 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/marlette-lake-capital-to-tahoe-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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