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The Roaring Fork Valley is part of the larger Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the Fryingpan and Crystal River valleys. The valley extends for approximately 50 mi (80 km) southeast to northwest from Aspen northwest to Glenwood Springs at the mouth of the Roaring Fork on the Colorado River, ranging in width between 1 and 5 mi (1.6 and 8.0 km).
The Roaring Fork valley is underlain by Precambrian sandstone of the Ocoee Supergroup, a rock formation formed from ancient ocean sediments nearly a billion years ago. Roaring Fork Sandstone is found throughout the mid-level elevations of the northern Smokies and is especially common in Greenbrier to the east and the Sugarlands to the west.
Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 miles (110 km) long, in west central Colorado in the United States.The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the resort city of Aspen and the resorts of Aspen/Snowmass.
State Highway 82 (SH 82) is an 85.3-mile-long (137.3 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado.Its western half provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, beginning at Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) in Glenwood Springs southeast past Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen.
Ivanhoe Creek, North Fork Fryingpan River, Lime Creek The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River , approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, [ 2 ] in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado , United States.
The Crystal River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) long and is located in Gunnison, Pitkin and Garfield counties in Colorado, United States. [1] The river is a popular fly fishing and outdoor tourism destination. [2]
The wildfire near North Fork grew to 773 acres by midday Thursday. ... Fork Fire map Sources: U.S. Department of the Interior, IRWIN, NIFC, NASA, NOAA and Esri. Show comments.
Basalt is located along State Highway 82, and at the confluence of the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers. At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 1,280 acres (5.178 km 2) including 4.9 acres (0.020 km 2) of water. [5]