Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-06
Day #157 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 8.541 13.961 61.18% 13.059 65.40% 12.946 15.203 85.15% April 4th 15.580 54.82%

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 6 of 6 8,976 3.400 10.254 33.16% 9.733 34.93% 12.317 13.135 93.77% March 14th 10.750 31.63%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.909 12.758 46.32% 11.529 51.26% 10.809 13.748 78.62% March 31st 13.981 42.27%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 4.333 8.820 49.13% 8.125 53.33% 9.467 10.586 89.43% March 31st 9.491 45.66%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.162 16.472 49.55% 15.311 53.31% 18.162 18.580 97.75% April 4th 17.615 46.34%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 8.622 17.066 50.52% 15.956 54.04% 18.500 18.844 98.17% April 5th 18.871 45.69%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 7.975 14.477 55.09% 13.033 61.19% 12.588 15.766 79.84% April 5th 16.621 47.98%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.367 14.387 58.15% 13.588 61.58% 14.367 16.035 89.60% March 31st 15.640 53.50%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 8.725 14.690 59.40% 13.500 64.63% 11.375 16.178 70.31% April 4th 16.685 52.29%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 8.732 13.941 62.63% 13.694 63.76% 10.590 14.690 72.08% April 12th 16.217 53.84%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.481 17.822 64.42% 17.330 66.25% 15.195 19.125 79.45% April 4th 20.167 56.93%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.133 12.295 66.15% 11.060 73.54% 12.800 13.787 92.84% March 31st 13.492 60.28%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.350 9.270 79.29% 8.433 87.15% 11.200 10.871 103.02% April 3rd 10.582 69.46%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.300 12.182 84.55% 11.254 91.52% 12.936 12.616 102.54% April 9th 14.148 72.80%

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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