Skico gets coffee (machines) for hark-working teachers Aspen Skiing Co. donated three Lavazza office coffee machines one for each teachers’ lounge to express their appreciation for Aspen School District teachers, the district announced.
The sustained cold temperatures followed by a thaw have produced several ice jam releases on the Roaring Fork River this winter. Tuesday brought a prolific one.
The Colorado River supplies drinking water for some of the West’s biggest cities, but a lot of them lie outside the watershed. Canals, tunnels, and pipelines from the river keep water flowing to their taps. And the infrastructure also puts pressure on the fragile river, especially in dry times.
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July 22, 2021
High-mountain snowmelt is collected in the Lost Man Reservoir, then channeled into a trans-mountain diversion by way of this canal. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water in Lost Man Canal passes underneath State Route 82 on Independence Pass. It’s a small part of a huge plumbing system that carries high-mountain snowmelt and rainfall through Colorado’s mountains to its populated cities on the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water from the Roaring Fork River and high-mountain reservoirs combine before passing through this diversion tunnel. It will pass through two more reservoirs and the Arkansas River on its way to the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
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