Slate River (Colorado)

Slate River
The river as it passes through the Skyland neighborhood of Crested Butte, March 2014
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates38°59′52″N 107°05′34″W / 38.99778°N 107.09278°W / 38.99778; -107.09278
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with East River
 • coordinates
38°48′49″N 106°53′57″W / 38.81361°N 106.89917°W / 38.81361; -106.89917
Basin features
ProgressionEast—Gunnison—Colorado

Slate River is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km) tributary of the East River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It flows south from a source near Yule Pass in the Raggeds Wilderness to a confluence with the East River southeast of Crested Butte, Colorado.

A BLM-managed campground named Oh Be Joyful lies along the river.

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