Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-09
Day #160 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

135 of 141 9,630 9.011 14.326 62.90% 13.386 67.32% 13.230 15.548 85.09% April 4th 15.580 57.84%

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 4.040 10.607 38.09% 10.200 39.61% 12.417 13.470 92.18% March 14th 10.750 37.58%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 6.173 13.122 47.04% 11.857 52.06% 11.000 14.052 78.28% March 31st 13.981 44.15%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.338 16.965 49.14% 15.711 53.07% 18.275 19.083 95.77% April 4th 17.615 47.33%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 9.067 17.552 51.66% 16.322 55.55% 18.800 19.346 97.18% April 5th 18.871 48.05%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 8.400 14.926 56.28% 13.387 62.75% 12.900 16.182 79.72% April 5th 16.621 50.54%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 5.260 9.123 57.66% 8.450 62.25% 9.567 10.850 88.17% March 31st 9.491 55.42%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.822 14.850 59.41% 13.888 63.53% 14.500 16.450 88.14% March 31st 15.640 56.41%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 9.338 15.141 61.67% 13.875 67.30% 11.862 16.588 71.51% April 4th 16.685 55.96%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.833 18.237 64.89% 17.680 66.93% 15.452 19.510 79.20% April 4th 20.167 58.68%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 9.316 14.270 65.28% 13.971 66.68% 11.168 15.003 74.44% April 12th 16.217 57.44%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.240 12.562 65.59% 11.280 73.05% 12.927 14.033 92.11% March 31st 13.492 61.07%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 7.667 9.601 79.85% 9.000 85.19% 11.125 11.193 99.39% April 3rd 10.582 72.45%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.536 12.451 84.62% 11.592 90.89% 13.180 12.863 102.47% 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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