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• The Crystal River near Redstone flowed at 1,770 cfs on June 12, while the Crystal at the CPW Fish Hatchery bridge ran at 2,100 cfs.
• Lake Powell’s elevation reached 3,536.2 feet on Sunday, up from 3,534 on June 5.
• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack has almost entirely melted.

• McClure Pass and Ivanhoe recorded a snowpack of 0 inches on June 5.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass was at about 10% of average, while Schofield Pass’ snowpack was at less than 2% of average on June 5.
• The Roaring Fork River is running at about 50% of average, while the Crystal is over 100%.

• The Roaring Fork River near Aspen ran at 198 cfs on May 30. That’s down from 229 cfs on May 28.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass increased from 5.6% of average last week to 12.1% of average on May 30.
• Lake Powell’s elevation reached 3,531 feet on May 30, up from 3,528 feet on May 22.

• Roaring Fork basin snowpack at 40%.
• Lake Powell back above 3,525-foot target elevation.

• Snowpack at Indy Pass is down to 4.1% of average.
• The Crystal River ran at 1,340 cfs near Redstone, or about 196% of average on May 15.
• Lake Powell’s elevation keeps gaining a few inches.

• Irrigation season has begun in the upper valley.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass is at 52.6% of average. That’s down from 73.9% last week.

• The Crystal River above Avalanche Creek flowed at 495 cfs, or about 134.5% of average, on May 1.
• Lake Powell’s elevation reached 3.522.7 feet on May 1, up from 3,255.4 feet on April 24.

• Roaring Fork River near Aspen at Stillwater ran at 64.6 cfs on April 24, up from last week’s 39.6 cfs.
• Crystal River above Avalanche Creek flowed at 363 cfs on April 24, up from 132 last week.
• Lake Powell’s elevation has lost 3.6 inches since April 17.

• Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 79% in March, up from 66% last year and 79.2% from 2019.
• Lake Powell lost 2.4 inches since April 10, compared to a 6-inch drop between March 27 and April. 3.