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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAnER I <br /> <br />GENERAL DISCUSSIONS <br /> <br />Project Setting <br /> <br />The Basut Project area is in the beautiful Roaring Fork Valley <br />nestled in the heart of the Rockies in west-central Colorado. The val- <br />ley is a part of the Upper Colorado River Basin and lies south of the <br />Colorado River between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. The project area <br />includes parts of three counties--Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin--and two <br />incorporated towns--Basalt and Carbondale. Basalt is at the confluence <br />of the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan Rivers with Carbondale a few miles <br />downstream at the junction of the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers. El <br />Jebe1 is a small comIllunity at a crossroads between Basalt and Carbondale. <br />The area is easily accessible to Denver and other metropolitan centers, <br />with Denver less than 160 highway miles east of Glenwood Springs. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The world-renowned ski slopes of Aspen and Snowmass adjacent to the <br />project area. have a magnetic influence on winter sports enthusiasts. <br />The close proximity of the White River National Forest, aesthetic values <br />of the Roaring Fork Valley, and the Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River <br />above BasaJ.t combine to make the area an attractive summer recreation area <br />and help establish it as an all-season ,~ecreation mecca. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One of the fast growing residential develo:pments along the <br />Roaring Fork below Aapen. <br /> <br />4 <br />