While many peak baggers hike this peak from Spooner Summit on Highway 50, I wanted to shorten this approach with my Toyota Tacoma. I knew going in that it was going to be a bumpy ride along the Genoa Peak OHV Trail<\/a>. All reports state that the southern end of this road from Kingsbury Grade is much rougher. Using that intel, we came from the northern entrance on Spooner Pass.<\/p>\n I had no issues with the road in my Tacoma. We went 2wd for a few miles before finally having to use 4wd when I encountered a soft hill. We drove all the way to the summit spur road turnoff, which left us with 3\/4th mile hike up the sandy road to the summit. Honestly, I could have driven up to the summit block rather easily. However, at the end of the day, we were here to hike. The road walk is short and looking behind you offers beautiful views of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n Views across the lake to the Desolation Wilderness.<\/p><\/div>\n The final summit push takes you to a use trail through the rocks that you can follow to the radio tower on the top. Unfortunately, the tower does hurt the views. To the west is Lake Tahoe and to the east is the Carson Valley which make this an beautiful spot nonetheless. You can see dozens of other peaks in all directions.<\/p>\n With light hiking and fun, non-technical 4-wheeling from Spooner Summit, this is a great day-hike and ride for small kids.<\/p>\n Next up, we would head over to South Camp Peak<\/a> for a short off-trail hike. Our intentions were to hike Duane Bliss Peak as well, however, the little ones were wearing down fast.<\/p>\n![\"Genoa](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehuntindaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GenoaPeak3.jpg?resize=499%2C374&ssl=1\" "\\"Genoa")
Don’t forget the nearby peaks<\/span><\/h6>\n