Northeast face of Crooked Finger Tower. Good-quality alpine rock, with good protection.  Fun and interesting route in a beautiful alpine basin. Two pitches (P1 = 110 feet, P2 = 90 feet). One double-rope rappel from a bolted anchor in the notch just below the split summits (160 feet).Himalayan Snowcock is a large ptarmigan native to the mountains of Asia. It was introduced and is established in North America only in the high country of the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range of northeastern Nevada. It has a “serenade” very similar to the whistling call of an elk and likes to perch on rock towers and pinnacles.

Himalayan Snowcock Serenade

Crooked Finger Tower is a distinctive, nearly 200-foot quartzite pillar at the northern end of the East Humboldt Range, 9.5 miles southwest of Wells, Nevada. It lies in an alpine setting at around 9750 feet in elevation on the east slope below the crest of the range. It’s clearly visible from the valley below while driving along the Great Basin Highway (US 93). It appears as a leaning or crooked “thumb” of the much larger Chimney Rock immediately to the east. Another prominent feature called the Fin lies nearby on the west.

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Routes in Crooked Finger Tower