Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-09-22
Day #357 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

137 of 141 9,630 0.039 0.025 156.97% 0.000 % 25.758 29.900 86.15% April 4th 15.580 0.25%

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 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 22.833 26.239 87.02% March 14th 10.750 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 22.600 23.366 96.72% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.002 * 0.00% 0.000 % 19.817 22.326 88.76% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 0.000 0.008 * 0.00% 0.000 % 27.120 27.738 97.77% March 31st 13.492 0.00%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.000 0.005 * 0.00% 0.000 % 23.527 26.205 89.78% March 31st 13.981 0.00%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.009 0.016 56.13% 0.000 % 25.958 25.709 100.97% April 9th 14.148 0.06%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.011 0.017 65.68% 0.000 % 29.311 32.145 91.18% March 31st 15.640 0.07%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.080 0.058 138.89% 0.000 % 21.995 30.048 73.20% April 12th 16.217 0.49%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.090 0.054 167.28% 0.000 % 28.605 35.096 81.50% April 4th 20.167 0.45%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 0.038 0.020 188.44% 0.000 % 35.262 35.873 98.30% April 4th 17.615 0.21%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 0.033 0.016 213.46% 0.000 % 34.022 35.736 95.20% April 5th 18.871 0.18%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.088 0.024 367.65% 0.000 % 21.588 31.860 67.76% April 4th 16.685 0.52%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.138 0.015 922.82% 0.000 % 24.475 30.698 79.73% April 5th 16.621 0.83%

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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