Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-05
Day #156 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 8.687 13.837 62.78% 12.960 67.03% 12.828 15.086 85.03% April 4th 15.580 55.76%

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 4 of 6 8,976 3.675 10.200 36.03% 9.800 37.50% 12.167 13.052 93.22% March 14th 10.750 34.19%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.973 12.634 47.27% 11.457 52.13% 10.773 13.645 78.95% March 31st 13.981 42.72%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 8.286 16.330 50.74% 15.122 54.79% 18.157 18.440 98.46% April 4th 17.615 47.04%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 8.788 16.916 51.95% 15.844 55.46% 18.525 18.700 99.06% April 5th 18.871 46.57%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 7.988 14.344 55.68% 12.953 61.66% 12.450 15.643 79.59% April 5th 16.621 48.06%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 5.060 8.726 57.99% 8.000 63.25% 9.283 10.481 88.57% March 31st 9.491 53.31%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.544 14.268 59.89% 13.550 63.06% 14.267 15.918 89.62% March 31st 15.640 54.63%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 8.775 14.540 60.35% 13.462 65.18% 11.262 16.020 70.30% April 4th 16.685 52.59%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 8.705 13.819 63.00% 13.547 64.26% 10.505 14.580 72.05% April 12th 16.217 53.68%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.390 17.655 64.52% 17.215 66.17% 15.071 18.973 79.44% April 4th 20.167 56.48%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.033 12.185 65.93% 10.920 73.57% 12.773 13.688 93.32% March 31st 13.492 59.54%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.350 9.190 79.98% 8.367 87.85% 11.050 10.795 102.36% April 3rd 10.582 69.46%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.260 12.078 84.94% 11.179 91.78% 12.888 12.526 102.89% April 9th 14.148 72.52%

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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