Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-04
Day #155 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

138 of 141 9,630 8.513 13.727 62.01% 12.829 66.36% 12.853 14.982 85.79% April 4th 15.580 54.64%

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 3.600 10.139 35.51% 9.833 36.61% 12.267 12.983 94.48% March 14th 10.750 33.49%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.846 12.560 46.54% 11.414 51.21% 10.754 13.569 79.26% March 31st 13.981 41.81%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 4.300 8.657 49.67% 7.875 54.60% 9.367 10.422 89.87% March 31st 9.491 45.31%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.338 16.223 51.39% 14.978 55.67% 18.088 18.330 98.68% April 4th 17.615 47.33%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 8.733 16.794 52.00% 15.800 55.27% 18.444 18.584 99.25% April 5th 18.871 46.28%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 7.944 14.210 55.90% 12.827 61.93% 12.425 15.521 80.05% April 5th 16.621 47.79%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.522 14.140 60.27% 13.362 63.78% 14.244 15.779 90.27% March 31st 15.640 54.49%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 8.712 14.390 60.55% 13.425 64.90% 11.238 15.899 70.68% April 4th 16.685 52.22%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 8.684 13.717 63.31% 13.406 64.78% 10.500 14.482 72.50% April 12th 16.217 53.55%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.343 17.510 64.78% 16.990 66.76% 15.076 18.849 79.98% April 4th 20.167 56.24%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.147 12.109 67.28% 10.793 75.48% 12.740 13.604 93.65% March 31st 13.492 60.38%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.225 9.134 79.10% 8.333 86.70% 11.125 10.745 103.54% April 3rd 10.582 68.28%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.188 11.975 85.08% 11.042 92.27% 12.852 12.430 103.39% April 9th 14.148 72.01%

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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