The Adobe Range is a minor

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. Located northwest and north of

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, it runs generally north-south for about , and has an area of about . Its highest point is an unnamed summit of and the named peaks include Sherman Peak (),

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(East and West, and respectively) and The Buttes (). The vegetation of the range is primarily

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, which borders the range to the south and east. Ownership is about half private, and half

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. Suburbs of Elko back up to the southern part of the Adobes, where the

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Elko Snobowl is located. Several

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mines are to be found in the northern part of the range. The Adobe Range is a newly developed

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, with routes on

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ranging from YDS 5.6 to 5.10.

References

;Sources * {{cite web , url = http://www.brrc.unr.edu/mtn/html/adobe.html , title = Adobe Range , work = Biological Resources Research Center , publisher = University of Nevada, Reno , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050526081730/http://www.brrc.unr.edu/mtn/html/adobe.html , archivedate = 2005-05-26 Mountain ranges of Nevada Range, Adobe Mountain ranges of Elko County, Nevada