Spooner Lake & Spooner Summit via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. The route passes Spooner Lake before reaching Spooner Summit at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 213 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,982 – 7,169 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Canyon Road 39.10772, -119.91452
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Spooner Lake & Spooner Summit via Tahoe Rim Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,982–7,170 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: North Canyon Road · 39.10772, -119.91452
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Spooner Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Spooner Summit.
- 50 ftReach Spooner Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 82°F56°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
82°63°
Wed
83°56°
Thu
88°53°
Fri
89°54°
Sat
89°55°
Sun
88°54°
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