Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-06-12
Day #255 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 0.011 1.652 0.68% 0.556 2.02% 18.431 23.775 77.52% April 4th 15.580 0.07%

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 0.340 0.000 % 0.000 % 13.300 19.392 68.58% March 14th 10.750 3.16%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.000 0.884 * 0.00% 0.000 % 19.322 24.145 80.03% March 31st 15.640 0.00%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 0.000 1.751 * 0.00% 0.047 0.00% 18.153 21.560 84.20% March 31st 13.492 0.00%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.000 0.215 * 0.00% 0.000 % 15.409 21.056 73.18% March 31st 13.981 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.012 * 0.00% 0.000 % 13.600 16.924 80.36% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.000 1.381 * 0.00% 0.362 0.00% 18.588 20.747 89.59% April 9th 14.148 0.00%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.010 2.316 0.43% 1.076 0.93% 16.735 24.221 69.09% April 12th 16.217 0.06%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.024 3.403 0.70% 2.295 1.04% 22.581 30.028 75.20% April 4th 20.167 0.12%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.012 1.499 0.83% 0.000 % 17.740 24.169 73.40% April 5th 16.621 0.08%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.012 1.295 0.97% 0.000 % 16.525 25.740 64.20% April 4th 16.685 0.07%

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.014 1.387 1.03% 0.000 % 23.800 27.230 87.40% April 4th 17.615 0.08%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.038 2.193 1.71% 0.733 5.11% 24.725 27.141 91.10% April 5th 18.871 0.20%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.280 0.009 3,181.82% 0.000 % 11.920 16.478 72.34% March 31st 9.491 2.95%

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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