Roaring Fork River
| Roaring Fork River | |
|---|---|
Looking upstream from a bridge in Pitkin County (2025) | |
Map of the Roaring Fork River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Independence Lake |
| • location | White River National Forest, Pitkin County |
| • coordinates | 39°08′38″N 106°34′04″W / 39.14389°N 106.56778°W |
| • elevation | 12,490 ft (3,810 m) |
| Mouth | Colorado River |
• location | Glenwood Springs, Garfield County |
• coordinates | 39°32′57″N 107°19′47″W / 39.54917°N 107.32972°W |
• elevation | 5,718 ft (1,743 m) |
| Length | 70 mi (110 km) |
| Basin size | 1,453 sq mi (3,760 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 1,206 cu ft/s (34.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 180 cu ft/s (5.1 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 13,000 cu ft/s (370 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Independence Creek Lincoln Creek Difficult Creek McFarlane Creek Castle Creek Maroon Creek Owl Creek Brush Creek Snowmass Creek Sopris Creek Crystal River Fourmile Creek Threemile Creek |
| • right | Lost Man Creek Coleman Creek Ptarmigan Creek Hunter Creek Woody Creek Fryingpan River Crystal Spring Creek Cattle Creek |
The 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.