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 Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 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
ClearTemperature 82°F55°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
82°61°
Wed
83°56°
Thu
88°53°
Fri
87°54°
Sat
88°55°
Sun
88°53°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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