The whole concept of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, is about the enlightened one preeching his wisdom to his followers. It seems Zarathustra has always been past the threshold, but I suppose his crossing point may have been going into the mountain when he was thirty to work through his thoughts in solitude. When he travels to the mountains, he lives by himself except for his friends the animals, he spends ten years there thinking, I suppose this time could also be his crossing point. The problem is these points are all adressed in the first paragraph of the book making it rather unspecific.
At a later point Zarathustra remarks that there is no way of convincing the majority, or rable as he so affectionaly calls them, that his thoughts are the truth, he must find his followers and teach them. The fact that the rabble can not be convinced in essence shows that his quest has failed, however it also succeds in that he finds his followers and teaches them to prepare for the overman.
"Thus months and years passed over the solitary; but his wisdom increased and caused him pain by his abundance." This quote shows Zarathustra gaining his knowledge, and becoming so much closer to the ideal overman. If there must be a place in which he makes a great change, this is the biggest I have found. This also may represent crossing the threshold because it was difficult, and caused him pain.
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