Author Archives: Laurine Lassalle

• 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.”

• Snowpack at Indy Pass is at 64.2% of median on Dec. 25.
• High air temperatures at ASE went from 39°F on Dec. 11 to 48°F on Dec. 20, or about 17 degrees above normal.
• Lake Powell was 36.37% full on Dec. 25, down from 36.55% last week but up from 23.84% last year.

• Snowpack at McClure Pass went from 3.9 inches of snow-water equivalent on Dec. 10 to 4 inches on Dec. 17.
• Overall winter occupancy is down from last year with 41.1% of rooms booked for November through April for Aspen and Snowmass combined, down from 2022-23’s 43%, but more rooms have been booked and added to the lodging inventory.
• High air temperatures at ASE went from 25°F on Dec. 10 to 42°F on Dec. 13.

• Above-average snowpack at Ivanhoe and North Lost Trail. Snowpack at McClure Pass reached 100% of median on Dec. 10.
• Lake Powell was 36.72% full on Dec. 10, down from 36.91% last week.
• High air temperatures at ASE went from 25°F on Dec. 2 to 46°F on Dec. 6.