Sent weekly with a letter from the newsroom.
Laurine Lassalle is Aspen Journalism’s data desk editor, where she works to catalogue and analyze local public data. She also heads our our “Tracking the Curve” project, documenting COVID-19 in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. She has a master’s degree in data and investigative journalism from UC Berkeley with an emphasis on environmental reporting.
• Indy Pass reports a SWE of 7.91 in on Jan. 2, up from 6.5 in last week.
• Maximum air temperature dropped from 42°F on Dec. 23 to 31°F on Dec. 27
• Indy Pass reports a SWE of 6.5 in on Dec. 26, up from 4.88 in last week.
• Minimum air temperature dropped from -4°F on Dec. 18 to 24°F on Dec. 23.
• Indy Pass reports a SWE of 4.88 in on Dec. 20, up from 4.49 in last week. • Minimum air temperature dropped from 32°F on Dec. 10 to -7°F on Dec. 19.
• As of Nov. 30, Aspen’s December occupancy exceeds 2019 by 16%.
• With recent storm, Indy Pass snowpack jumps to 86% of average for Dec. 12.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass was at 70.9% of average on Dec. 5, down from 79.7% of average on Nov. 28.
• Roaring Fork at Stillwater ran at 15 cfs on Dec. 5, down from 16.3 cfs last week.
• SNOTEL site at the Independence Pass shows that snowpack was at 79.7% of average on Nov. 28.
• The monitoring station at McClure Pass recorded a snowpack of less than one inch, or 33.5% of average.
“It’s definitely higher than it ever has been,” said Dr. Christopher Roseberry, AVH’s trauma medical director. “The e-bikes are so popular, and e-bike rentals are so popular among visitors. We went into the season fully expecting to see more e-bike injuries, and that’s what we ended up seeing.”
• Snowmass and Aspen’s combined paid occupancy rate reached 47.3% in October.
• Summer of 2021 sets new occupancy record for both towns with 60.3%.
• Air temperature drops back down near seasonal normals.
• Roaring Fork at Stillwater ran at 16.5 cfs on Nov. 14, a 20% drop from last week but only down 3.5% from last year.
• Lake Powell has lost 46.5 vertical feet in surface elevation in the last year.
• Wastewater flow rates in October 2021 was 0.4% higher than in October 2019.
• Roaring Fork River in Aspen running at 23.26 cfs on Nov. 7, up from 21.49 cfs last week.
