<Tr> <Td> - max </Td> <Td> 2,690 cu ft / s (76 m / s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - min </Td> <Td> 28 cu ft / s (1 m / s) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, in west central Colorado in the United States . </P> <P> The reason for the unusual name of the river is that when a group of trappers were attacked by a band of Ute Indians, only two men survived, one of whom was injured . Leaving his wounded friend in a cave close by, the last man left to summon help, but not before hanging a frying pan in a tree so that he could find the cave again on his return . </P>

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