Spooner Summit via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Glenbrook, NV. The route reaches Spooner Summit at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 149 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,982 – 7,169 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.10486, -119.91403
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV
Directions
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Spooner Summit via Tahoe Rim Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 56 min
Elevation 6,983–7,170 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: 39.10486, -119.91403
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Spooner Summit, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 82°F56°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue
82°63°
Wed
83°56°
Thu
88°53°
Fri
89°54°
Sat
89°55°
Sun
88°54°
More from this trailhead
- Spooner Lake & North Canyon Road Loop 1.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 149 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 291 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 355 ft
- Spooner Lake & North Canyon Rim Trail Connector Loop via Tahoe Rim Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft
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