Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-02-21
Day #144 of Water Year 2026
All water / SWE measurements in inches

SNOTEL SITES
REPORTING AVG
ELEVATION AVG
CUR SWE AVG
SWE AVG PCT
SWE AVG ALL UC
MEDIAN SWE PCT
MEDIAN SWE AVG
CUR TP AVG
TP AVG PCT
TP AVG SNOWPACK
MAX DATE SNOWPACK
MAX AMT PCT of
MAX AMT

138 of 141 9,630 7.917 12.346 64.12% 11.554 68.52% 12.002 13.704 87.58% April 4th 15.580 50.81%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
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REPORTING AVG
ELEVATION AVG
CUR SWE AVG
SWE AVG PCT
SWE AVG BASIN
MEDIAN SWE PCT
MEDIAN SWE AVG
CUR TP AVG
TP AVG PCT
TP AVG SNOWPACK
MAX DATE SNOWPACK
MAX AMT PCT of
MAX AMT

SOUTH EASTERN UTAH 5 of 6 8,976 4.120 8.924 46.17% 8.667 47.54% 12.150 11.746 103.44% March 14th 10.750 38.33%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.873 11.230 52.30% 10.614 55.33% 9.946 12.451 79.88% March 31st 13.981 42.00%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 7.325 12.462 58.78% 12.294 59.58% 9.205 13.313 69.14% April 12th 16.217 45.17%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.650 14.515 59.59% 13.811 62.63% 17.888 16.614 107.66% April 4th 17.615 49.11%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 4.500 7.480 60.16% 6.725 66.91% 9.167 9.418 97.33% March 31st 9.491 47.41%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 9.000 14.926 60.30% 14.500 62.07% 18.289 16.797 108.88% April 5th 18.871 47.69%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 7.650 12.676 60.35% 11.473 66.68% 12.119 14.055 86.23% April 5th 16.621 46.03%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 8.012 12.853 62.34% 12.112 66.15% 10.512 14.447 72.77% April 4th 16.685 48.02%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 10.081 15.956 63.18% 15.425 65.35% 13.719 17.466 78.55% April 4th 20.167 49.99%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.778 12.531 70.05% 11.650 75.35% 14.167 14.286 99.16% March 31st 15.640 56.12%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 7.753 10.928 70.95% 9.673 80.15% 11.993 12.515 95.83% March 31st 13.492 57.47%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 8.700 10.846 80.21% 9.867 88.18% 11.409 11.442 99.71% April 9th 14.148 61.49%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.025 7.862 89.35% 7.067 99.41% 10.925 9.567 114.20% April 3rd 10.582 66.39%

SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from all data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020

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Upper Colorado River Basin SWE and TP Averages are from the 30 year average calculated from data between 10/01/1990 and 09/30/2020

Abbreviations Legend:
-- indicates the either no measurement taken or data not received
SWE = Snow Water Equivalent
SWE is the amount of water in a volume of snow, measured by weight
TP = Total Precipitation
AVG SWE = Average Snow Water Equivalent for date listed above
AVG TP = Average Total Precipitation for date listed above
PCT SWE AVG = SWE as a Percent of Average SWE for that date
PCT TP AVG = TP as a Percent of Average TP for that date
Percent of Average Numbers are calculated only for those stations that report for a given date
A non-reporting station is eliminated from the calculation of overall averages, not treated as a 0
* Max Snowpack numbers and dates come from NRCS data for previous year

Colors Legend:
Red, less than 50% of average
Orange, between 50% and 80% of average
Green, between 80% and 120% of average
Blue, between 120% and 150% of average
Purple, greater than 150% of average

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