Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-11
Day #162 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 8.678 14.470 59.97% 13.521 64.18% 13.293 15.704 84.65% April 4th 15.580 55.70%

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 2.917 10.672 27.33% 10.400 28.05% 12.483 13.598 91.80% March 14th 10.750 27.13%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 3.967 9.220 43.02% 8.575 46.26% 9.617 10.941 87.90% March 31st 9.491 41.79%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.918 13.262 44.63% 12.057 49.08% 11.018 14.179 77.71% March 31st 13.981 42.33%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.088 17.074 47.37% 15.844 51.04% 18.338 19.290 95.06% April 4th 17.615 45.91%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 8.633 17.702 48.77% 16.400 52.64% 18.833 19.547 96.35% April 5th 18.871 45.75%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 8.169 15.080 54.17% 13.487 60.57% 12.956 16.348 79.26% April 5th 16.621 49.15%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.411 14.986 56.13% 14.038 59.92% 14.589 16.596 87.91% March 31st 15.640 53.78%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 9.050 15.296 59.16% 14.012 64.59% 11.975 16.766 71.42% April 4th 16.685 54.24%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.013 12.679 63.20% 11.493 69.72% 12.960 14.148 91.60% March 31st 13.492 59.39%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.671 18.457 63.23% 17.870 65.31% 15.571 19.728 78.93% April 4th 20.167 57.87%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 9.242 14.431 64.04% 14.118 65.47% 11.253 15.169 74.18% April 12th 16.217 56.99%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.200 9.729 74.01% 9.033 79.71% 11.275 11.320 99.61% April 3rd 10.582 68.04%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.536 12.583 83.73% 11.679 90.21% 13.224 12.984 101.85% April 9th 14.148 74.47%

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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