Local Area Resources

COSAR Cards

(Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search & Rescue)

Information

• ~75% of the revenue from the sale of CORSAR cards contributes to the Colorado Search and Rescue Fund. The Fund helps support Search & Rescue (SAR) teams across the state. Many SAR teams are staffed primarily by volunteers who offer their time, services, and equipment to rescues, free of charge.

• If SAR teams in Pitkin County are dispatched to aid someone who has purchased a CORSAR card, those teams can be reimbursed by the State for costs incurred during the rescue. The CORSAR Fund also helps pay for equipment/supplies and SAR team member training courses & certifications.

• A CORSAR card is NOT insurance. Medical costs and medical transport during or following a rescue are not covered under the CORSAR Fund and will be the responsibility of the person being rescued.

• Colorado SAR teams will be dispatched to help rescue a person regardless of whether or not they have purchased a CORSAR card.

• It is not necessary for purchaser to have their CORSAR card present during a rescue.

• CORSAR cards are not transferable.

Online Purchase Only, please visit: https://dola.colorado.gov/sar/cardPurchase.jsf

Forecast and Conditions

• Aspen Weather Forecast - NOAA National Weather Service

• Aspenweather.net - Local Aspen Weather Forecasting Subscription Service

• Aspen Area Backcountry Avalanche Forecast - Colorado Avalanche Information Center

• Roaring Fork River Water Flow - Aspen Measurement - USGS Water Data

• Colorado State River Flows - USGS Water Data

Aspen Trail Information

Local Cross Country Skiing

AspenNoridic.com is the resource for all things Nordic in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. Including trails, conditions, maps, lessons, and the Aspen Cross Country Center.

• Roaring Fork Area

• Carbondale Area

• Ashcroft Touring Center

Pitkin County Trail Info - Download the App!

Roaring Fork Area Trails - Lets you input the distance, degree of difficulty and preferred mode of travel – and then gives you options for trails in the Roaring Fork Valley. Brief descriptions, pictures, maps and feedback from users.

US Forest Service - White River National Forest is the most visited national forest in the nation encompassing 2.3 million acres. With 11 ski resorts, eight Wilderness areas, 10 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet and 2,500 miles of trails, this forest is a place where you can press play on adventure and inspiration!