Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-01-15
Day #107 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

139 of 141 9,630 5.376 8.254 65.12% 7.561 71.09% 9.409 9.902 95.02% April 4th 15.580 34.50%

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 2.017 5.667 35.59% 5.067 39.80% 9.483 8.619 110.03% March 14th 10.750 18.76%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 4.538 9.729 46.64% 9.033 50.23% 13.638 12.040 113.27% April 4th 17.615 25.76%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 4.922 10.245 48.04% 9.644 51.04% 14.333 12.397 115.62% April 5th 18.871 26.08%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 3.882 7.267 53.42% 6.343 61.20% 7.854 8.988 87.38% March 31st 13.981 27.76%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 4.575 8.474 53.99% 7.573 60.41% 8.900 10.111 88.02% April 5th 16.621 27.53%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 4.688 8.441 55.53% 7.888 59.43% 7.200 10.235 70.35% April 4th 16.685 28.09%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 4.845 8.406 57.64% 8.218 58.96% 6.815 9.528 71.53% April 12th 16.217 29.88%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 2.867 4.829 59.36% 4.375 65.52% 7.133 6.894 103.47% March 31st 9.491 30.20%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 4.933 8.243 59.85% 7.412 66.55% 10.411 10.294 101.14% March 31st 15.640 31.54%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 7.233 10.562 68.49% 9.975 72.51% 10.852 12.483 86.94% April 4th 20.167 35.87%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 5.313 7.314 72.64% 6.173 86.07% 9.167 9.135 100.35% March 31st 13.492 39.38%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 4.675 5.190 90.08% 4.633 100.90% 8.525 6.966 122.39% April 3rd 10.582 44.18%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 7.568 7.402 102.24% 6.633 114.09% 10.212 8.356 122.22% April 9th 14.148 53.49%

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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