Aspen Mountain (elevation 9721 ft) is a mountain in the Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) View of Colorado Rockies. The aspens are turning their fall colors. The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3000 miles (4800 km) from Mexico, through the continental... Rocky Mountains of There are also three Colorado Rivers: two in the United States and one in Argentina. State nickname: The Centennial State Other U.S. States Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens Official languages English Area 269,837 km² (8th)  - Land 268,879 km²  ... Colorado in the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States. One of the foothills of the Elk Mountains, it is located just south of the town of Aspen, Colorado is now a Colorado ski resort and cultural center, named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area. It was historically a silver mining center. Aspen is the county seat of Pitkin County and lies on the Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the Colorado River... Aspen, which is situated at the foot of the mountain at the southeast end of the valley of the The Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, in west central Colorado in the United States. It rises in the Sawatch... Roaring Fork River in Pitkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of 2000, the population is 14,872. The county seat is Aspen. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,521 km² (973 mi²). 2,513 km² (970 mi... Pitkin County. The mountain is noted as the location of the Aspen Mountain ski area, one of four adjacent ski areas operated collectively as Aspen/Snowmass is an expansive winter resort complex located in Pitkin County in western Colorado in the United States. Owned and operated by the Aspen Skiing Company it comprises four skiing/ snowboarding areas on four adjacent mountains in the vicinity of the towns of Aspen and Snowmass Village. The four... Aspen/Snowmass.

The mountain is not particularly high but nonetheless looms over the town of Aspen because of the proximity of the town, which was founded as a General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5 , d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2.5 Appearance Lustrous white metal Atomic properties Atomic weight 107.8683 amu Atomic radius (calc.) 160 (165) pm Covalent radius 153 pm van der Waals radius 172... silver The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. Materials commonly recovered by mining include bauxite, coal... mining camp in Events January January 2 - Fred Spofforth claims the first Hat-trick in test cricket. January 11 - Anglo-Zulu War begins. January 22 - Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana. At Rorkes Drift, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting. February February 12... 1879 during the Colorado Silver Boom. The mountain flank was the site of intense mining activity in the late Events and Trends About 300 000 Swedes emigrate to the United States. First Boer War First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. First steel frame construction sky-scrapers The New Imperialism Science and technology James-Lange theory of emotion Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development... 1880s and early Events and trends Technology Early commercial production of automobiles. Science Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity Discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius and US geologist Thomas Crowder Chamberlain independently come to the conclusion that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming due to CO2 emissions War... 1890s, with many remains of mining activity below and on the surface of the mountain. In the middle (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 20th century it became the site of recreational downhill skiing. In 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation... 1946, the newly-formed Aspen Skiing Company, founded by Walter Paepcke, built the first A chairlift A chairlift is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a constantly moving loop of steel cable strung between two end terminals and generally over intermediate towers. They are ubiquitous at ski areas, and can also be found at amusement parks, and various tourist attractions. Chairs, which... chairlift to the top of the mountain and opened the ski area that bears the name of the mountain. The chairlift was later replaced by a gondola lift, which begins in downtown Aspen, allowing skiers to ascend the mountain from the center of town.

See also

• Smuggler Mountain