Author Archives: Laurine Lassalle

• Aspen and Snowmass, combined, recorded 75.8% paid occupancy in February. That’s down from last year’s 78.5%.
• Snowpack at Ivanhoe reached 17.6 inches of snow-water equivalent, or 130.4% of median on April 2. That’s above the median seasonal peak of 17.2 inches.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is still hovering around 3,522 feet, or three feet below target elevation.

• Snowpack at McClure Pass reached 181% of median on March 26.
• Lake Powell’s elevation was at 3,521.8 feet on March 28, or 3.2 feet below target elevation.
• Aspen recorded three days of ‘moderate’ air quality last week.

• Roaring Fork basin snowpack reached 136% of median on March 19.
• Lake Powell’s elevation increased for the first time in months from 3,520.5 feet last week to 3.521 feet on March 19.
• High air temperatures are on the rise as they gained about 10 degrees in four days.

• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached 124.5% of average on March 12 or 138% of median with 19.3 inches of snow-water equivalent, according to NOAA.
• Lake Powell’s water elevation was down to 3,520.5 feet on March 12, or 4.5 feet below target elevation.

• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached 120% of average on March 5 or 129% of median.
• Lake Powell is 22.76% of full as of March 5.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is down to 3,520.8 feet or 4.2 feet below target elevation.

• Overall snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached 120% of average for Feb. 26 or 129% of median with 16.5 inches of snow-water equivalent.
• Lake Powell’s elevation was down to 3,521.1 feet on Feb. 26. That’s 3.9 feet below the target elevation of 3,525.
• Air temperatures keep swinging. High temperatures ranged from 25°F to 45°F, while low temperatures went from -12°F to 14°F in four days.

• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached 117% of average for Feb. 19 or 124% of median with 14.8 inches of snow-water equivalent.
• Low air temperatures dropped as low as -12 on Feb. 16, or about 21 degrees below normal.
• Lake Powell’s elevation was 3.3 feet below the target elevation of 3,525 on Feb. 19.