Category: Local Public Data

• 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.

• Paid occupancy in Aspen reached 77.5% in January, up from 69.7% last year — a new record for January.
• Snowmass recorded its fifth best January with 72.8% paid occupancy, up from 2022’s 67.3%.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is down to 3,522.3 feet, or 2.7 feet below target elevation.

• Lake Powell’s elevation reached 3,522.9 feet on Feb. 5. That’s 2.1 feet below the target elevation of 3,525.
• Except for three days, high air temperatures were below normal from Jan. 17 to Feb. 1 at Aspen airport.
• Snowpack at McClure Pass reached nearly 150% of average on Feb. 5 with a snow-water equivalent of 16.1 inches.

• Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,523.6 feet on Jan. 29. That’s 1.4 feet below the target elevation of 3,525 feet.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass reached 102% of average on Jan. 29 with a SWE of 10 inches.
• McClure Pass recorded a SWE of 15.8 inches, or 156.4% of average on Jan. 29.

• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack reached 133% of average or 145% of median on Jan. 22, or 12.2 inches of snow-water equivalent.
• Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,524.2 feet, or 175.8 feet from full pool on Jan. 22
• Air temperatures at ASE keep swinging, from 46° on Jan. 14 to 33°F on Jan. 16 for high temperatures.

• December occupancy reached 55.5% for Aspen and Snowmass combined this year, down from 60.3% last year.
• Snowpack at McClure Pass remains well above average with roughly 155% of average.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is down to 3,524.3 feet, or 8.4 inches below the target elevation of 3,535.

• Snowpack reached 149.1% of average at McClure Pass on Jan. 8.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is 4.8 inches below critical water level.