River Valley Ranch Golf Club

River Valley is in Carbondale, about halfway between Aspen and Glenwood Springs. The course is just beautiful, routed along the Crystal River, and a residential development,and designed by Jay Morrish. Good variety of holes, some on what was once pasture land, others right along the banks of the Crystal River, with the rest through the sage brush and pinion pines. There's plenty of challenge with the course, wetlands, tall prairie grasses bordering the fairways, and a little elevation change. Definitely one of the better courses in the area, and the greens fees we though were reasonable for the quality of the layout and facilities. It plays to 6,950 yards, 133 slope, 73.7 course rating from the ranch tees, with the shortest tees at around 5,000 yards. Beautiful setting and views, I would highly recommend.