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Spooner Summit

Spooner Summit

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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.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Spooner Summit - 7146 Ft - Elevation Signs on Waymarking.com".
  2. [2]
    "Nevada Department of Transportation". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12.
  3. [3]
    Administrator. "Tahoe Meadows to Spooner Summit".
  4. [4]
    Administrator. "Spooner Summit - Kingsbury North".


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