Slate River (Colorado)

River

Slate River[1]

The river as it passes through the Skyland neighborhood of Crested Butte, March 2014

Physical characteristics
Source|
• coordinates| 38°59′52″N 107°05′34″W﻿ / ﻿38.99778°N 107.09278°W﻿ / 38.99778; -107.09278
Mouth|

• location

| Confluence with East River

• coordinates

| 38°48′49″N 106°53′57″W﻿ / ﻿38.81361°N 106.89917°W﻿ / 38.81361; -106.89917
Basin features
Progression| East—Gunnison—Colorado

Slate River is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km)[2] tributary of the East River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It flows south from a source near Yule Pass in the Raggeds Wilderness to a confluence with the East River southeast of Crested Butte, Colorado.

A BLM-managed campground named Oh Be Joyful lies along the river.[3]

## Usage and conservation

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Recreational use of the Slate River has risen rapidly during the 2010s. In response, the nearby town of Crested Butte, the Crested Butte Land Trust, the Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and other people and organizations formed a working group to focus on preserving the river's water quality and ecosystem.[4]

## See also

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* Rivers portal
* Colorado portal

* List of rivers of Colorado
* List of tributaries of the Colorado River

## References

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1. ^ "Slate River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
3. ^ "Slate River Rec Site". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
4. ^ "Slate River Working Group takes shape to look at multiple uses". Crested Butte News. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

## External links

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Media related to Slate River (Colorado) at Wikimedia Commons