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• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached an average of 12.2 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on Feb. 25, or 96% of median.
• Lake Powell was 34.2% full on Feb. 25, down from 34.4% last week.
• High air temperatures at the Aspen airport went from 48°F on Feb. 6 to 29°F on Feb. 11 before going up to 47°F on Feb. 19 and dropping to 36°F on Feb. 22.

Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 69.3% in January, down from 79.3% last year. Meanwhile, Snowmass recorded 72% paid occupancy, down from 2023’s 73.1%.
Snowpack at Schofield Pass reached 19.5 inches of snow-water equivalent on Feb. 18, up from 17.6 inches last week.
Lake Powell was 34.4% full on Feb. 18, down from 34.6% last week but up from 23% a year ago.

• Snowpack at Schofield Pass reached 17.6 inches of snow-water equivalent, or 89% of median on Feb. 11.
• Lake Powell was 34.6% full on Feb. 11, down from 34.8% last week.
• High air temperatures at ASE went as high as 48°F on Jan. 31 and as low as 30°F on Feb. 3.

• Snowpack at Indy Pass increased from 7.8 inches of snow-water equivalent on Feb. 2 to 9.1 inches on Feb. 4 after a snowstorm hit the mountains over the weekend.
• Lake Powell was 34.8% full on Feb. 4, down from 35% last week.
• High temperatures at ASE went from 34°F on Jan. 26 to 42°F on Jan. 28.

• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached an average of 9 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on Jan. 28, or 100% of median. That’s the same as last week.
• Lake Powell was 35% full on Jan. 28, down from 35.25% last week but up from last year’s 23.46%.
• High air temperatures at the Aspen airport went from 26°F on Jan. 17 to 42°F on Jan 21 before going down to 39°F on Jan. 24, which is about 4 degrees above normal.

• The monitoring station at McClure Pass, located at elevation 8,770 feet, recorded a SWE of 7.2 inches on Jan. 21 or 84% of median. That’s up from a SWE of 6.1 inches on Jan. 14.
• Lake Powell was 35.25% full on Jan. 21, down from 35.54% last week.
• High air temperatures at ASE went from 21°F on Jan. 8 to 38°F on Jan. 18.

• December occupancy reached 55.2% for Aspen and Snowmass combined this year, down from 55.7% last year, but 5.2% more rooms were sold in December than last year.
• Recent snowstorms boosted snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin, reaching an average of 7.3 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on Jan. 14, or 92% of median.
• High air temperatures at ASE went from 40°F on Jan. 1 to 21°F on Jan. 8, or about 13 degrees below normal. Meanwhile, low temperatures went from 20°F on Jan. 4 to -5°F on Jan. 9.

• Snowpack at McClure Pass reached 67% of normal with a snow-water equivalent of 4.8 inches on Jan. 7, which slightly up from last week’s 4.7 inches.
• High air temperatures at ASE went as low as 20°F on Dec. 25 before going back up to 39°F on Jan. 2.
• Lake Powell was 35.9% full on Jan. 7, down from 36.2% last week.

• The monitoring station at McClure Pass recorded a snow-water equivalent of 4.7 inches on Jan. 1 or 71% of median. That’s up from 4.6 inches on Dec. 25. but down from 9.1 inches of water last year.
• Lake Powell was 36.16% full on Jan. 1, down from 36.37% a week ago.
• Aspen air quality remains “good.”