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Snow Valley Peak–Marlette Lake, 6 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. The route passes Spooner Lake, Snow Valley Peak and Marlette Lake. It climbs 2,649 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,952 – 9,200 ft · steepest grade: 21%14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10530, -119.91599
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Snow Valley Peak–Marlette Lake, 6 sights

14.4 mi · ▲ 2,649 ft · 6 hr 7 min

Elevation 6,951–9,201 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.10530, -119.91599

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftPass Spooner Lake.
  4. 300 ftTurn right onto North Canyon Road, heading NE.
  5. 3.7 miTurn right onto Snow Valley Peak, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miPass Snow Valley Peak.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  9. 2.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left onto Marlette Lake Road, heading NW.
  11. 1.1 miPass Marlette Lake.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Marlette Dam Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miSharp left onto Marlette Lake Trail, heading S.
  14. 3.7 miTurn right onto North Canyon Road, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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