Aspen needs 'epic year' to get out of drought
The region has not been so dry this time of year since 2002. Credit: Aspen Public Radio Published: 1:02 PM MST January 7, 2021 Updated: 1:02 PM MST January 7, 2021 ASPEN, Colo. — Months of dry weather have left much of the Roaring Fork Valley in critical levels of drought, even after snow in December. The region has not been so dry this time of year since 2002. The Roaring Fork River and many others across the state are below normal levels of flow, which is unlikely to change without an extraordinarily wet winter. “An average or slightly below average snowp...