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Waving Hello at Spooner

It almost seems like the Quaking Aspen in Michelle Pontoni’s video are waving hello. If they are, they’re doing so from Nevada’s Spooner Backcountry State Park near Marlette Lake (NV-28 and US 50).

Perhaps that’s why we love aspen so dearly. They greet us. What other tree does that?

Michelle reports that despite all the waving, very few of the aspen have lost leaves. She rates the state park as Patchy, though “there’s plenty of color and shimmer to make it worth the trip, and plenty of lime still waiting to turn.

Her images were taken from North Canyon Rd and the Marlette Lake Trail, not far from the parking area. Along the way to Spencer’s Cabin, she passed families, young couples, bicycles, strollers, and seniors out for a stroll, just missing a mama bear and her cub near the trail.

Michelle predicts that the coming weekend should be near peak (Spooner Backcountry is nearly a thousand feet higher than Lake Tahoe and fairly even with the Hope Valley). So, adding Nevada’s Spooner Backcountry State Park at South Lake Tahoe to a trip through the Hope Valley (CA-88) would package sightseeing and easy recreation.

The forests near lake level at Tahoe usually peak from mid to late October, so the Tahoe area will remain good for two more weeks, at least.

  • Spooner Backcountry State Park, Stateline, NV (7,150′) – Patchy (10-50%)
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