Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-06-27
Day #270 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

132 of 141 9,630 0.032 0.321 9.89% 0.000 % 18.707 24.353 76.82% April 4th 15.580 0.20%

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 3 of 6 8,976 0.100 0.000 % 0.000 % 16.183 19.721 82.06% March 14th 10.750 0.93%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 12.567 16.766 74.96% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.027 0.000 % 0.000 % 15.627 21.473 72.78% March 31st 13.981 0.20%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 13.875 17.197 80.68% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 20 of 21 9,153 0.015 0.899 1.67% 0.000 % 23.556 30.706 76.71% April 4th 20.167 0.07%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.010 0.408 2.45% 0.000 % 17.105 24.880 68.75% April 12th 16.217 0.06%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.012 0.253 4.94% 0.000 % 16.938 26.324 64.34% April 4th 16.685 0.07%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.013 0.187 6.94% 0.000 % 18.862 21.502 87.73% April 9th 14.148 0.09%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.025 0.257 9.71% 0.000 % 18.260 24.608 74.20% April 5th 16.621 0.15%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 0.086 0.431 19.89% 0.000 % 18.446 22.175 83.18% March 31st 13.492 0.64%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.033 0.159 20.98% 0.000 % 19.800 24.592 80.51% March 31st 15.640 0.21%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.075 0.324 23.12% 0.000 % 25.271 27.624 91.48% April 5th 18.871 0.40%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.043 0.164 26.17% 0.000 % 24.271 27.683 87.68% April 4th 17.615 0.24%

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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