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Welcome to Carbondale, Colorado!  The picturesque town of Carbondale is located 170 miles west of Denver, 12 miles from Glenwood Springs, and 30 miles from Aspen in the heart of Colorado's central Rocky Mountains.  At an altitude of 6,181 feet, and resting in the magnificent shadow of 12,953-foot Mount Sopris, the Carbondale area is characterized by an average of 295 days of sunshine, low humidity, cold but mild winters and comfortable summers.

Carbondale is a great base camp for recreation enthusiasts.  There is plenty to do including hiking, biking, golfing, kayaking, and world-class fly fishing.  In winter, experience excellent cross-country skiing.

The Carbondale area
offers a variety of comfortable lodging options, great casual and exquisite fine dining, creative arts and entertainment, and intriguing historical areas.  There's something for everyone in Carbondale!

Your Base Camp Awaits!

Check out our new online version of the 2009 Colorado Base Camp Tourism Brochure.

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Carbondale Area NewsSaturday July 4, 2009

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Vandals ransack Glenwood ReStore outlet: GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The start of the holiday weekend had Kristen Wilmes picking up a smashed laptop off the floor of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore Boutique after it was broken into Thursday night or Friday morning.
Your Letters: First, let's talk about "Free" health care. No such animal ... End of conversation. Eighty-seven percent of Americans have health care and are generally satisfied with their care. Yes, it's somewhat costly but when you...
Cancer: The physical, social and spiritual dynamics of a disease: Cancer strikes fear, dread, sadness, and anger in our lives. Cancer is "the disease" of these modern times. How did cancer become such an epidemic and what can we do about it?
Big winners at annual Kiwanis Ball Race: A truck load equaling around 4,000 plastic colored balls rolled down a hill, making the owner of the first ball to enter a plastic shaft a happy winner of $5,000.
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Rule change may kill buzz for pot centers:

With a handful of medical marijuana dispensaries moving toward opening in the Roaring Fork Valley, the state of Colorado is looking to change the rules governing medical pot, which would make dispensaries much harder or impossible to operate by limiting the number of people they are able to serve.


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Palin’s resignation rattles Ideas Fest:

Sarah Palin’s unexpected announcement that she will resign as Alaska’s governor at the end of this month left political experts scratching their heads — and one likely Republican presidential candidate cornered — at the Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival on Friday afternoon.


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New Israeli ambassador offers strong words on Iran:

There was plenty of red-meat foreign policy rhetoric during “An Afternoon of Conversation” in the Benedict Music Tent on Thursday during the Aspen Ideas Festival.


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