Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-02-15
Day #138 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 6.482 11.611 55.82% 10.904 59.45% 10.591 13.028 81.30% April 4th 15.580 41.60%

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 2.700 8.385 32.20% 8.100 33.33% 10.450 11.210 93.22% March 14th 10.750 25.12%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 4.554 10.536 43.23% 9.886 46.07% 8.709 11.854 73.47% March 31st 13.981 32.58%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 6.000 13.676 43.87% 13.167 45.57% 15.375 15.823 97.17% April 4th 17.615 34.06%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 6.167 13.986 44.09% 13.811 44.65% 15.656 15.942 98.20% April 5th 18.871 32.68%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 3.250 6.999 46.43% 6.425 50.58% 7.700 8.945 86.08% March 31st 9.491 34.24%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 5.969 11.901 50.16% 10.613 56.24% 10.381 13.308 78.01% April 5th 16.621 35.91%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 6.222 11.830 52.60% 11.112 55.99% 11.900 13.616 87.40% March 31st 15.640 39.78%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 6.312 11.989 52.65% 11.188 56.42% 8.875 13.616 65.18% April 4th 16.685 37.83%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 6.360 11.779 53.99% 11.541 55.11% 8.295 12.665 65.50% April 12th 16.217 39.22%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 6.020 10.263 58.66% 9.153 65.77% 10.267 11.906 86.23% March 31st 13.492 44.62%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 8.962 15.004 59.73% 14.610 61.34% 12.605 16.617 75.86% April 4th 20.167 44.44%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 5.350 7.299 73.30% 6.733 79.46% 9.225 9.012 102.37% April 3rd 10.582 50.56%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 7.976 10.244 77.86% 9.321 85.57% 10.676 10.914 97.82% April 9th 14.148 56.38%

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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