Click the link to read the article on the Aspen Daily News website (Scott Condon). Here’s an excerpt:
January 16, 2024
For the Roaring Fork Basin overall, the snowpack soared from just 85% of average on Thursday morning to 102% on Monday morning, according to the NRCS. The Fryingpan Valley was the biggest gainer from the storms. The Chapman Tunnel Snotel site is at 107% of median. The Ivanhoe site is at 128%, Kiln is at 105% and Nast Lake is boasting a snowpack at 145% of median. Meanwhile the Independence Pass Snotel site remains well below the rest of the basin. Independence was at only 67% of median as of Thursday morning. That improved to 80% by Monday morning with more snow falling. Nevertheless, that’s the lowest reading in the region. In the Crystal River drainage, McClure Pass was at 82% of median as of Monday morning. The North Lost Trail Snotel site outside of Marble was at 117%. The Schofield site, which typically has one of the highest snowpacks in the region, was at 90% Monday.
