The state vaccination bus will be in downtown Aspen from Jan. 27 to Jan. 29.
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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 133% of average
• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack reached 133% of average or 145% of median on Jan. 22, or 12.2 inches of snow-water equivalent.
• Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,524.2 feet, or 175.8 feet from full pool on Jan. 22
• Air temperatures at ASE keep swinging, from 46° on Jan. 14 to 33°F on Jan. 16 for high temperatures.
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River District considers criteria for water conservation program
The policy says that Front Range water providers — which in total take about 500,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water each year across the Continental Divide to growing cities and for agriculture — must also contribute their fair share of water.
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Scientists studying water supply focus on weeks following peak snowpack
But according to the paper, in 2021, “rates of snowmelt throughout April were alarming and quickly worsened summer runoff outlooks which underscores that 1 April may no longer be a reliable benchmark for western water supply.”
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Data dashboard: Over 61% of the rooms in Aspen were occupied in December
• December occupancy reached 55.5% for Aspen and Snowmass combined this year, down from 60.3% last year.
• Snowpack at McClure Pass remains well above average with roughly 155% of average.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is down to 3,524.3 feet, or 8.4 inches below the target elevation of 3,535.
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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 126% of average
• Snowpack reached 149.1% of average at McClure Pass on Jan. 8.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is 4.8 inches below critical water level.
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APCHA’s RO category supports a growing number of million-dollar homes
The concept of RO — housing locals who don’t otherwise fit into the numbered categories and accommodating properties that also couldn’t easily be categorized — is an important one in one of the country’s most robust affordable-housing programs. But, is it working?
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Inventory shows who lives in APCHA deed-restricted ownership housing
The APCHA ownership inventory can be viewed in two market segments. One, with fewer restrictions on owner qualifications and valuations, is managed under the “resident occupied” (RO) category. The second, larger segment, with price caps determined via a set of categories based on buyers’ income and assets, saw median pricing in 2021 that was less than half of the median RO sale price.
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Data dashboard: Lake Powell about to reach critical level
• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack reaches 109.7% of average on Dec. 25.
• Ice jam has affected the Fork’s flow below Maroon Creek since Dec. 16.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is 2.4 inches above critical level.
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Data dashboard: December occupancy pacing behind last year
• Overall winter reservations as of Nov. 30 are on par with last year in Aspen and Snowmass.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass reached over 88% on Dec. 19. That’s up from around 81% last year.
• High air temperatures dropped as low as 19°F on Dec. 13, or 12 degrees below normal.