Spooner Summit

39°06′15″N 119°53′50″W / 39.104233°N 119.897158°W / 39.104233; -119.897158

Spooner Summit is a mountain pass through the Carson Range, linking the Lake Tahoe Area to Carson City via US 50.^[1] The highest point of the pass is located just east of Spooner Lake just before the first set of curves when traveling eastbound.

The pass also carried the Lincoln Highway over the Carson Range along its Sierra Nevada Southern Route before being renumbered as US 50 and rerouted near Johnson Pass.^[2]

The Tahoe Rim Trail is accessible from a small parking lot at the summit.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Spooner Summit - 7146 Ft - Elevation Signs on Waymarking.com".
^ "Nevada Department of Transportation". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12.
^ Administrator. "Tahoe Meadows to Spooner Summit".
^ Administrator. "Spooner Summit - Kingsbury North".

Sierra Nevada

Mountains

Peaks >14,000 ft	Whitney Williamson North Palisade Sill Russell Split Langley Tyndall Muir Middle Palisade
Northern peaks	Lola Castle Granite Chief Rose Tallac Pyramid Freel
Central peaks	Red Lake Round Top Mokelumne Sonora Leavitt Dana Lyell Banner Ritter Mammoth
Southern peaks	Humphreys Tom Bear Creek Spire Darwin Agassiz Kaweah Brewer Olancha Kern Double
Climbing	Peak list First ascents

Passes

Rivers

Lakes

Tahoe
- Aloha
- Echo
- Fallen Leaf
- Spooner
Mono
Almanor
Oroville
Isabella
Donner
Independence
Shaver
Huntington
Florence
Edison
Wishon
Courtright
Tenaya
Mammoth
Bass
Crowley
Convict
Hell for Sure

Protected
areas

National parks and monuments	Kings Canyon Sequoia Yosemite Devils Postpile Giant Sequoia
National forests	Eldorado Humboldt–Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin Lassen Plumas Sequoia Sierra Stanislaus Tahoe
Wilderness areas	Ansel Adams Bright Star Bucks Lake Carson–Iceberg Chimney Peak Dinkey Lakes Domeland Emigrant Golden Trout Hoover Ishi Jennie Lakes John Krebs John Muir Kaiser Kiavah Mokelumne Monarch Mount Rose Owens Peak Owens River Headwaters Sacatar Trail Sequoia-Kings Canyon Yosemite
State parks	Burton Creek Calaveras Big Trees D. L. Bliss Donner Memorial Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point Emerald Bay Grover Hot Springs Lake Tahoe Nevada Plumas-Eureka South Yuba River Van Sickle