Colorado State Highway 82 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. State Highway 82 is an 85.29 mile (137.26 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado.SH 82 provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, running from Interstate 70 at Glenwood Springs southeast past Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen. Southeast of Aspen it climbs to 12,095 ft (3,687 m) on a 6% grade at Independence Pass (open late May-October) before passing through Twin Lakes and descending to meet U.S. Highway 24 south of Leadville in the Arkansas River valley. At its northwestern end it furnishes the principal vehicle access between most of Colorado and the Aspen/Snowmass resorts.