Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-09-18
Day #353 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 0.043 0.007 648.48% 0.000 % 25.172 29.583 85.09% April 4th 15.580 0.27%

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 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 22.550 25.975 86.81% March 14th 10.750 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 22.525 23.178 97.18% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 0.089 0.000 % 0.000 % 33.444 35.255 94.86% April 5th 18.871 0.47%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 6 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.003 * 0.00% 0.000 % 19.783 22.136 89.37% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 0.000 0.011 * 0.00% 0.000 % 26.273 27.480 95.61% March 31st 13.492 0.00%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.000 0.004 * 0.00% 0.000 % 22.836 25.988 87.87% March 31st 13.981 0.00%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 24 of 26 8,946 0.000 0.008 * 0.00% 0.000 % 25.121 25.477 98.60% April 9th 14.148 0.00%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 0.100 0.020 500.00% 0.000 % 27.714 34.682 79.91% April 4th 20.167 0.50%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 0.011 0.001 853.85% 0.000 % 29.144 31.787 91.69% March 31st 15.640 0.07%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.050 0.003 1,612.90% 0.000 % 21.250 31.522 67.41% April 4th 16.685 0.30%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 20 of 20 10,195 0.085 0.004 2,073.17% 0.000 % 21.590 29.725 72.63% April 12th 16.217 0.52%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 0.062 0.001 5,681.82% 0.000 % 34.900 35.410 98.56% April 4th 17.615 0.35%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.125 0.002 8,333.33% 0.000 % 24.094 30.372 79.33% April 5th 16.621 0.75%

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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