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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 137% of median

by Laurine Lassalle February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

• 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.

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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack at 128% of average

by Laurine Lassalle February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

• 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.

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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 133% of average

by Laurine Lassalle January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

• 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.

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Data dashboard: Over 61% of the rooms in Aspen were occupied in December

by Laurine Lassalle January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

• 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.

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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 126% of average

by Laurine Lassalle January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

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

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APCHA’s RO category supports a growing number of million-dollar homes

by Laurine Lassalle and Catherine Lutz January 7, 2023January 9, 2023

The concept of RO — housing locals who don’t otherwise fit into the numbered categories and accommodating properties that also couldn’t easily be categorized — is an important one in one of the country’s most robust affordable-housing programs. But, is it working?

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Inventory shows who lives in APCHA deed-restricted ownership housing

by Laurine Lassalle and Catherine Lutz January 6, 2023January 7, 2023

The APCHA ownership inventory can be viewed in two market segments. One, with fewer restrictions on owner qualifications and valuations, is managed under the “resident occupied” (RO) category. The second, larger segment, with price caps determined via a set of categories based on buyers’ income and assets, saw median pricing in 2021 that was less than half of the median RO sale price.

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Data dashboard: Lake Powell about to reach critical level

by Laurine Lassalle December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack reaches 109.7% of average on Dec. 25.
• Ice jam has affected the Fork’s flow below Maroon Creek since Dec. 16.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is 2.4 inches above critical level.

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Data dashboard: December occupancy pacing behind last year

by Laurine Lassalle December 21, 2022December 26, 2022

• Overall winter reservations as of Nov. 30 are on par with last year in Aspen and Snowmass.
• Snowpack at Indy Pass reached over 88% on Dec. 19. That’s up from around 81% last year.
• High air temperatures dropped as low as 19°F on Dec. 13, or 12 degrees below normal.

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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack remains above average

by Laurine Lassalle December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

• High air temperatures ranged from 30°F to 45°F in the first week of December.
• The Fork ran at 122% of average below Maroon Creek on Dec. 11 and at 88% of average at Emma.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is two feet above critical level.