Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow




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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-04-29
Day #211 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
3.064
12.896
23.76%
12.061
25.40%
16.408
20.486
80.09%
April 4th
15.580
19.66%

Summary of River Basin Averages that drain into Lake Powell

RIVER BASIN
Click for details and graph		BASIN SITES
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
0.117
3.056
3.82%
1.033
11.29%
15.000
16.988
88.30%
March 14th
10.750
1.09%
PRICE-SAN RAFAEL
11 of 11
9,013
0.464
9.711
4.77%
8.729
5.31%
13.891
18.310
75.87%
March 31st
13.981
3.32%
DIRTY DEVIL RIVER
6 of 6
9,445
0.500
4.279
11.69%
2.500
20.00%
11.350
14.162
80.14%
March 31st
9.491
5.27%
ESCALANTE RIVER
4 of 4
9,877
0.775
5.783
13.40%
3.900
19.87%
12.725
14.692
86.61%
April 3rd
10.582
7.32%
SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS
9 of 9
10,689
2.400
16.184
14.83%
15.522
15.46%
23.100
24.311
95.02%
April 5th
18.871
12.72%
GUNNISON RIVER
16 of 16
10,320
2.131
13.968
15.26%
12.673
16.82%
16.475
21.300
77.35%
April 5th
16.621
12.82%
ANIMAS RIVER
8 of 9
10,439
2.312
14.437
16.02%
14.644
15.79%
22.738
24.235
93.82%
April 4th
17.615
13.13%
ROARING FORK RIVER
8 of 8
9,780
2.588
13.890
18.63%
12.938
20.00%
15.338
22.445
68.33%
April 4th
16.685
15.51%
DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER
9 of 9
10,316
2.133
10.469
20.38%
9.450
22.57%
18.356
21.216
86.52%
March 31st
15.640
13.64%
YAMPA/WHITE RIVER
21 of 21
9,153
4.652
18.236
25.51%
17.595
26.44%
19.790
25.962
76.23%
April 4th
20.167
23.07%
UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS
20 of 20
10,195
4.000
15.577
25.68%
16.088
24.86%
14.100
20.645
68.30%
April 12th
16.217
24.67%
DUCHESNE RIVER
14 of 15
9,301
2.929
10.392
28.18%
8.847
33.10%
15.607
18.315
85.21%
March 31st
13.492
21.71%
UPPER GREEN RIVER
22 of 26
8,946
5.068
12.057
42.03%
10.975
46.18%
15.784
17.040
92.63%
April 9th
14.148
35.82%

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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