Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Overlook & Clear Creek Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Overlook & Clear Creek Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. The route reaches Overlook at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 1,394 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Overlook & Clear Creek Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 6,066–7,285 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
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 SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 6.7 miSharp left onto Overlook spur, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 6.7 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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