Fryingpan River - Wikipedia Fryingpan River Fryingpan River Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam Country United States State Colorado Tributaries - left Marten Creek, South Fork Fryingpan River, Rocky Fork Creek - right Ivanhoe Creek, North Fork Fryingpan River, Lime Creek Source Near Mount Massive - location Hunter - Fryingpan Wilderness, Pitkin County - elevation 12,083 ft ( 3,683 m ) - coordinates 39 ° 09 ′ 52 '' N 106 ° 31 ′ 40 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.16444 ° N 106.52778 ° W ﻿ / 39.16444 ; - 106.52778 Mouth Roaring Fork River - location Basalt, Eagle County - elevation 6,591 ft ( 2,009 m ) - coordinates 39 ° 22 ′ 00 '' N 107 ° 02 ′ 03 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.36667 ° N 107.03417 ° W ﻿ / 39.36667 ; - 107.03417 Coordinates : 39 ° 22 ′ 00 '' N 107 ° 02 ′ 03 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.36667 ° N 107.03417 ° W ﻿ / 39.36667 ; - 107.03417 Length 42 mi ( 68 km ) Basin 237 sq mi ( 614 km ) Discharge for Near Ruedi - average 176 cu ft / s ( 5 m / s ) - max 2,690 cu ft / s ( 76 m / s ) - min 28 cu ft / s ( 1 m / s ) The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately 42 miles ( 68 km ) long, in west central Colorado in the United States. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 See also 4 References History The reason for the unusual name of the river is that when a group of trappers were attacked by a band of Ute Indians, only two men survived, one of whom was injured. Leaving his wounded friend in a cave close by, the last man left to summon help, but not before hanging a frying pan in a tree so that he could find the cave again on his return. Geography Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River It rises in northeastern Pitkin County, in the White River National Forest in the Sawatch Mountains along the western side of the continental divide. It flows westward along the county line between Pitkin and Eagle County. Below Meredith, it is dammed to form the Ruedi Reservoir. It joins the Roaring Fork below Basalt. A portion of the river 's water is diverted to the east side of the continental divide for irrigation and drinking water via the Fryingpan - Arkansas Project. See also List of rivers of Colorado List of tributaries of the Colorado River References ^ Jump up to : `` Fryingpan River ''. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 27. ^ Jump up to : U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high - resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012 - 04 - 05 at WebCite, accessed March 18, 2011 ^ Jump up to : `` USGS Gage # 09080400 on the Fryingpan River near Ruedi, CO '' ( PDF ). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1969 -- 2013. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ Maryann Gaug ( 17 May 2011 ). Hiking Colorado, 3rd : A Guide to the State 's Greatest Hiking Adventures. FalconGuides. pp. 198 --. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7627 - 9722 - 6. Jump up ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado : why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO : The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 23. Roaring Fork Valley Major cities Aspen Basalt Carbondale Glenwood Springs Other communities El Jebel Snowmass Snowmass Village Woody Creek Near valley Marble Meredith Redstone Ski resorts Aspen Mountain Aspen Highlands Buttermilk Snowmass Sunlight Bodies of water Crystal River Fryingpan River Roaring Fork River Ruedi Reservoir This article related to a river in Colorado is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fryingpan_River&oldid=783845868 '' Categories : Rivers of Eagle County, Colorado Rivers of Pitkin County, Colorado Rivers of Colorado Roaring Fork Valley Tributaries of the Colorado River in Colorado Colorado river stubs Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links Coordinates on Wikidata Geobox usage tracking for river type All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch עברית Edit links This page was last edited on 5 June 2017, at 01 : 15. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the frying pan river in colorado
Answer: in west central Colorado