Spooner Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. The route reaches Spooner Lake. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,956 – 7,169 ft3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Spooner Summit Trailhead 39.10454, -119.89692
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Spooner Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 6,957–7,170 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: Spooner Summit Trailhead · 39.10454, -119.89692
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Spooner Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto North Canyon Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Spooner Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 150 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- National Forest Development Road 039 16.1 mi · ▲ 1,543 ft
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