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.
• Lake Powell’s surface elevation is less than 7ft above target elevation.
• RFSD’s school enrollment is down 6% from 2019.
• Lake Powell’s storage hits new record low on Jan. 23, when the reservoir was 26.45% of full.
• Snowpack around the Roaring Fork basin well ahead of last season’s pace.
• Paid occupancy for Aspen reaches 64.1% in December, up from 61.8% in 2019.
• Snowpack at Schofield Pass has gained more than 15 in of SWE since Dec. 23.
• 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.”
