Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-06-07
Day #250 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 0.111 2.437 4.56% 1.111 10.01% 18.349 23.521 78.01% April 4th 15.580 0.71%

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 0.083 0.000 % 0.000 % 15.783 19.243 82.02% March 14th 10.750 0.77%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.079 * 0.00% 0.000 % 12.067 16.319 73.94% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.164 * 0.00% 0.000 % 13.600 16.814 80.89% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.012 2.305 0.54% 0.427 2.93% 17.650 23.994 73.56% April 5th 16.621 0.08%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.020 3.685 0.54% 2.182 0.92% 16.760 23.980 69.89% April 12th 16.217 0.12%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.025 2.009 1.24% 0.450 5.56% 16.575 25.560 64.85% April 4th 16.685 0.15%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.050 3.394 1.47% 1.533 3.26% 24.738 26.958 91.76% April 5th 18.871 0.26%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.035 1.936 1.80% 0.946 3.68% 18.492 20.334 90.94% April 9th 14.148 0.25%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.043 2.379 1.80% 0.067 64.32% 23.843 27.047 88.15% April 4th 17.615 0.24%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.009 0.451 2.02% 0.000 % 15.346 20.844 73.62% March 31st 13.981 0.07%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.044 1.554 2.86% 0.075 59.20% 19.389 23.975 80.87% March 31st 15.640 0.28%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 0.086 2.320 3.69% 0.393 21.79% 17.940 21.258 84.39% March 31st 13.492 0.64%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.495 4.704 10.53% 3.395 14.59% 22.595 29.749 75.95% April 4th 20.167 2.46%

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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