Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-01-17
Day #109 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 5.377 8.442 63.69% 7.763 69.27% 9.340 10.077 92.69% April 4th 15.580 34.51%

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 2.020 5.822 34.69% 5.267 38.35% 9.450 8.764 107.82% March 14th 10.750 18.79%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 4.286 9.945 43.09% 9.178 46.70% 13.400 12.269 109.22% April 4th 17.615 24.33%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 4.889 10.448 46.79% 9.889 49.44% 14.311 12.581 113.75% April 5th 18.871 25.91%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 10 of 11 9,013 3.790 7.470 50.73% 6.629 57.18% 7.827 9.157 85.48% March 31st 13.981 27.11%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 4.569 8.660 52.76% 7.733 59.08% 8.925 10.282 86.81% April 5th 16.621 27.49%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 4.712 8.630 54.61% 8.100 58.18% 7.188 10.419 68.99% April 4th 16.685 28.24%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 4.885 8.576 56.96% 8.459 57.75% 6.865 9.683 70.89% April 12th 16.217 30.12%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 4.822 8.445 57.10% 7.600 63.45% 10.378 10.495 98.88% March 31st 15.640 30.83%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 2.967 4.947 59.97% 4.525 65.56% 7.033 7.021 100.17% March 31st 9.491 31.26%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 7.219 10.836 66.62% 10.320 69.95% 10.848 12.730 85.21% April 4th 20.167 35.80%

DUCHESNE RIVER 12 of 15 9,301 5.283 7.478 70.65% 6.340 83.33% 9.147 9.287 98.49% March 31st 13.492 39.16%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 4.650 5.260 88.41% 4.667 99.64% 8.475 7.049 120.22% April 3rd 10.582 43.94%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 24 of 26 8,946 7.712 7.557 102.05% 6.788 113.63% 10.084 8.497 118.67% April 9th 14.148 54.51%

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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