Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-06-06
Day #249 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

134 of 141 9,630 0.151 2.630 5.73% 1.240 12.16% 18.396 23.455 78.43% April 4th 15.580 0.97%

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

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.093 * 0.00% 0.000 % 12.067 16.270 74.17% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.206 * 0.00% 0.000 % 13.600 16.736 81.26% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.025 3.995 0.63% 2.435 1.03% 16.750 23.926 70.01% April 12th 16.217 0.15%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.019 2.490 0.76% 0.680 2.76% 17.662 23.944 73.77% April 5th 16.621 0.11%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.029 2.602 1.10% 0.133 21.46% 23.857 26.982 88.42% April 4th 17.615 0.16%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.062 3.672 1.70% 1.622 3.85% 24.750 26.904 91.99% April 5th 18.871 0.33%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.038 2.198 1.71% 0.700 5.36% 16.562 25.517 64.91% April 4th 16.685 0.22%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.009 0.506 1.80% 0.000 % 15.354 20.761 73.96% March 31st 13.981 0.07%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 0.086 2.453 3.49% 0.500 17.14% 18.377 21.161 86.84% March 31st 13.492 0.64%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.087 2.125 4.09% 1.079 8.06% 18.488 20.248 91.30% April 9th 14.148 0.61%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.111 1.706 6.51% 0.150 74.07% 19.400 23.926 81.08% March 31st 15.640 0.71%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.648 4.994 12.97% 3.550 18.24% 22.576 29.690 76.04% April 4th 20.167 3.21%

SOUTH EASTERN UTAH 6 of 6 8,976 0.083 0.008 1,041.25% 0.000 % 15.817 19.138 82.64% March 14th 10.750 0.77%

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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