Chapter 2: Physical Features

The city has an area of 3.5 square miles and none of it is water. The city sits along the upper end of the Roaring Fork Valley, along the Roaring Fork River. It is surrounded by Red Mountain to the north, Smuggler Mountain to the east, and Aspen Mountain to the south. It lies at an altitude of 7,850 feet and is about 100 miles southwest of Denver. Aspen receives about 19 inches of rainfall and 138 inches of snow per year. Throughout the year, the city experiences about 110 days with some type of measurable precipitation and 246 sunny days. The city is surrounded by a vast vegetation, mostly aspen trees.


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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado
http://geography.howstuffworks.com/united-states/geography-ofaspen.htmhttp://www.bestplaces.net/city/Aspen-Colorado.aspx