Glenwood Springs

<a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado”>Glenwood Springs</a> is the home rule municipality and county seat of Garfield County, Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,614. The most well known sites in Glenwood Springs are the hot springs and Hanging Lake.

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March 1, 2023

115th Annual AASG Meeting, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The 2023 Association of American State Geologists meeting—hosted by the Colorado Geological Survey—takes place in Glenwood…

A large sinkhole opened in January 2005 at the Ironbridge Development and Golf Course, in the Roaring Fork River Valley, approx. 6 mi. (9.7 km) southeast of Glenwood Springs. Two golf carts inside the structure were lost down the throat of the sinkhole. View is to the northwest, towards the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers at Glenwood Springs. The red cliffs in the background are the Maroon Formation. For scale, note person in white hardhat standing in the snow. Photo credit: Jon White for the CGS.

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January 17, 2005

Case Study: Roaring Fork sinkhole

[ED: This report from January 17, 2005 was written by Jon White, (Senior Engineering Geologist, Emeritus). Lightly edited for dated…

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Glenwood Springs

115th Annual AASG Meeting, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Case Study: Roaring Fork sinkhole

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