Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-07-08
Day #281 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

131 of 141 9,630 0.034 0.059 56.85% 0.000 % 18.699 24.772 75.49% April 4th 15.580 0.22%

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 % 16.233 20.165 80.50% March 14th 10.750 0.93%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 12.417 17.184 72.26% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.036 0.000 % 0.000 % 15.746 21.748 72.40% March 31st 13.981 0.26%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 13.900 17.582 79.06% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.029 0.000 % 0.000 % 24.300 28.165 86.28% April 4th 17.615 0.16%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.000 0.085 * 0.00% 0.000 % 16.950 26.775 63.30% April 4th 16.685 0.00%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 19 of 21 9,153 0.010 0.227 4.63% 0.000 % 22.425 31.055 72.21% April 4th 20.167 0.05%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 0.010 0.069 15.13% 0.000 % 16.826 25.362 66.34% April 12th 16.217 0.06%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.019 0.049 38.13% 0.000 % 18.025 25.038 71.99% April 5th 16.621 0.11%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.075 0.072 104.75% 0.000 % 25.350 28.142 90.08% April 5th 18.871 0.40%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.044 0.039 113.55% 0.000 % 19.833 25.045 79.19% March 31st 15.640 0.28%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 24 of 26 8,946 0.012 0.009 132.98% 0.000 % 19.392 21.929 88.43% April 9th 14.148 0.09%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 0.107 0.067 159.14% 0.000 % 18.450 22.559 81.78% March 31st 13.492 0.79%

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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