Around The Hoop by Troy Hooper

Troy Troy Hooper is the editor and co-founder of Real Aspen. Hooper also covers Congress and the environment for The Colorado Independent and he is a prolific writer, editor and photographer. His work has appeared in The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Playboy, New York Post, Huffington Post and many other magazines, newspapers and websites. Over the years Hooper has covered the Winter Olympics in Italy, an extreme ski camp in South America and the late author Hunter S. Thompson on election night in 2004. Born in Boulder, Hooper has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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Around The Hoop Blogs

Publication Date Section Headline
02-08-2012 blog Once a climate change believer, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper no longer sounds so sure
01-07-2012 blog The anti-environment Congress
01-07-2012 blog Year of the Bat
12-16-2011 blog Aspen winning thanks to Tebow
12-02-2011 blog Aspen and its denizens a work of art
10-27-2011 blog Move over Rover, the dog days of summer are over
10-06-2011 blog Big Media's dismissal of Occupy Wall Street
10-06-2011 blog Things to do in Aspen when you're alive but the season is dead
09-01-2011 blog Relax, it's Aspen
08-23-2011 blog Ron Paul: The GOP's elephant in the room
08-18-2011 blog Five favorite road rides around Aspen
08-16-2011 blog Something stinks in climate change 'debate'
08-13-2011 blog GMA names Aspen one of nation’s most beautiful places
08-12-2011 blog Lance teases fat tire fans with Leadville tweet
07-28-2011 blog Five favorite mountain bike trails in Aspen
07-27-2011 blog From one Aspen extreme to another
07-21-2011 blog Spring showers bring summer flowers
07-15-2011 blog Double rainbow all the way across the sky!
07-07-2011 blog Five ways to unwind
06-16-2011 blog Cyclists give new meaning to restaurant row
06-03-2011 blog June is jamming in Aspen, Colorado
05-27-2011 blog Aspen's congressman apologizes for daughter's emails
05-03-2011 blog Act like you've been there before, America
05-01-2011 blog More perspective of Alaska avalanche
04-19-2011 blog Bleiler's challenge
04-15-2011 blog An avalanche airbag saves skier in Alaska
04-13-2011 blog Case of the missing ski
03-25-2011 blog Gessler, clerks battle over ballots in Saguache County
03-19-2011 blog Oh, baby, the honeymoon's over in New York
03-03-2011 blog Nuggets strike gold with organic chemistry
02-28-2011 blog Rockies ads for 2011 don't disappoint
02-25-2011 blog Ballots, lies and videotape
02-08-2011 blog 'Aspen Extreme' and 'Red Dawn' Redux?
02-01-2011 blog NASA satellite captures image of monster storm
01-19-2011 blog CU ski team: This one's for Spencer
01-11-2011 blog Newly elected county officials take oath
12-21-2010 blog Bell Chair makes season debut
12-14-2010 blog Extreme skier Jimmy Zell passes in Jackson
12-10-2010 blog Highland Bowl, Tiehack, Lift 1A highlight openings
12-07-2010 blog Sound of silence on a stealth powder day
12-06-2010 blog The Lie in London gets McDaniels canned
11-08-2010 blog Could Charlie Sheen be too damn high?
11-07-2010 blog New antenna system sees Aspen airport return to normal
10-08-2010 blog Senator Schwartz issues statement on attack mailer
09-22-2010 blog Snowmass not running on fumes ... yet
09-01-2010 blog Widespread Panic to release "Live in the Classic City II"
08-19-2010 blog Wired on Ajax
08-04-2010 blog Charlie Sheen's guilty plea just got pricier

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Real Aspen River Report

River Name / Location Stream flow, ft3/s Gage height ft
Gore Creek
At Upper Station, Near I-70 Twin Bridges n/a 4 ft
Booth Creek n/a 4 ft
Abv Red Sandstone Creek At Vail 177 6 ft
At Mouth Near Minturn 217 7 ft
Beaver Creek
At Avon 21 2 ft
Lake Creek
Near Edwards 80 1 ft
Cross Creek
Near Minturn 104 4 ft
Homestake Creek
At Gold Park 121 5 ft
Eagle River
East Fork Eagle River Near Climax n/a 2 ft
At Red Cliff 30 3 ft
Near Minturn 237 4 ft
Wastewater Treatment Plant At Avon 684 5 ft
Below Gypsum 853 5 ft
Colorado River
Near Kremmling 407 4 ft
Near Dotsero 1,630 3 ft
Below Glenwood Springs 3,180 5 ft
Near Cameo 3,760 6 ft
Below Grand Valley Div Nr Palisade 2,080 5 ft
Near Colorado-utah State Line 4,100 4 ft
Near Cisco, Ut 4,020 3 ft
At Lees Ferry, Az 12,000 9 ft
Near Grand Canyon, Az 12,300 9 ft
Yuma Main Canal Ww At Yuma, Az 1,020 10 ft
Roaring Fork River
Abv Lost Man Cr Near Aspen n/a n/a ft
Ab Difficult C Nr Aspen 52 1 ft
Near Aspen 80 1 ft
Near Emma 476 6 ft
At Glenwood Springs 1,180 3 ft
Hunter Creek
Near Aspen 56 2 ft
At Aspen 48 4 ft
Frying Pan River
Near Ruedi 113 2 ft
Crystal River
Abv Avalanche Crk, Near Redstone 540 2 ft
Arkansas River
Ef Arkansas R At Us Highway 24, Nr Leadville 47 3 ft
Near Leadville 86 5 ft
Below Empire Gulch Near Malta 159 4 ft
Below Granite 438 4 ft
Near Nathrop 460 4 ft
At Parkdale 469 3 ft
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