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.
• Snowpack at Schofield Pass reached 35.79 inches on March 27, or 109.9% of average.
• Lake Powell’s 1.5 feet away from target elevation.
• Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 79.8% in February 2022, the highest ever recorded for the month of February.
• Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,524.4 feet — or about seven inches below target elevation.
• Lake Powell’s elevation was down to 3,525.2 feet on March 13 — getting close to the 3,525 threshold.
• Snowpack at Schofield Pass holds about 36.7 inches of water. That’s 115.2% of average.
• Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,526 ft on March 6 — or one foot away from target elevation.
• Snowpack at Schofield Pass has gained 3 inches of SWE since last week.
Beginning in the last two years, the expectation that transit will absorb growth has been put to the test. Although car counts at the entrance were relatively low last year, other factors help explain why 2021 saw perhaps the highest level of community angst about traffic in a generation.
• Maximum air temperature dropped to 20°F on Feb. 24.
• Snowpack at McClure Pass increased from 9.41 inches last week to 11.69 inches on Feb. 27.
• Lake Powell is only 3.5 feet away from critical water level.
• Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 70.4% last January, up from 38.1% last year and down from 75.1% in 2020.
• Lake Powell’s water elevation reached 3,529.4 ft on Feb. 13.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass was at 84.7% of average on Feb. 13, down from last week but up from last year’s 80.5% of average.
• Snowpack at Schofield, Ivanhoe still above average.
• Lake Powell is 25.76% full, its lowest level since filling.
• Lake Powell’s surface elevation is less than 7ft above target elevation.
• RFSD’s school enrollment is down 6% from 2019.
