Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-13
Day #164 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 8.688 14.614 59.45% 13.612 63.83% 13.337 15.867 84.06% April 4th 15.580 55.77%

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 2.383 10.707 22.26% 10.200 23.37% 12.483 13.730 90.92% March 14th 10.750 22.17%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 3.767 9.291 40.54% 8.500 44.31% 9.617 11.031 87.18% March 31st 9.491 39.69%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 5.673 13.365 42.45% 12.286 46.17% 11.009 14.289 77.05% March 31st 13.981 40.57%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.075 17.221 46.89% 15.933 50.68% 18.325 19.532 93.82% April 4th 17.615 45.84%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 8.433 17.929 47.04% 16.544 50.97% 18.822 19.822 94.96% April 5th 18.871 44.69%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 8.250 15.276 54.01% 13.600 60.66% 12.938 16.550 78.17% April 5th 16.621 49.64%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.211 15.186 54.07% 14.075 58.34% 14.533 16.811 86.45% March 31st 15.640 52.50%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 9.162 15.469 59.23% 14.100 64.98% 11.938 16.947 70.44% April 4th 16.685 54.91%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 7.767 12.778 60.78% 11.560 67.19% 12.953 14.267 90.79% March 31st 13.492 57.57%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.681 18.653 62.62% 18.020 64.82% 15.667 19.920 78.65% April 4th 20.167 57.92%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 18 of 20 10,195 9.761 14.586 66.92% 14.247 68.51% 11.342 15.320 74.04% April 12th 16.217 60.19%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.050 9.830 71.72% 9.033 78.04% 11.275 11.426 98.67% April 3rd 10.582 66.62%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.700 12.693 84.30% 11.775 90.87% 13.372 13.093 102.13% April 9th 14.148 75.63%

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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