Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-03-07
Day #158 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 8.892 14.099 63.07% 13.197 67.38% 13.092 15.335 85.37% April 4th 15.580 57.07%

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 4 of 6 8,976 3.725 10.371 35.92% 9.967 37.37% 12.400 13.252 93.57% March 14th 10.750 34.65%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 6.100 12.912 47.24% 11.700 52.14% 10.982 13.875 79.15% March 31st 13.981 43.63%

ANIMAS RIVER 8 of 9 10,439 8.212 16.671 49.26% 15.367 53.44% 17.586 18.771 93.68% April 4th 17.615 46.62%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 8.822 17.234 51.19% 16.044 54.99% 18.350 19.019 96.48% April 5th 18.871 46.75%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 8.162 14.639 55.76% 13.140 62.12% 12.869 15.915 80.86% April 5th 16.621 49.11%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 5.040 8.944 56.35% 8.200 61.46% 9.533 10.697 89.12% March 31st 9.491 53.10%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 8.622 14.539 59.31% 13.688 62.99% 14.444 16.170 89.33% March 31st 15.640 55.13%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 9.112 14.856 61.34% 13.575 67.13% 11.838 16.330 72.49% April 4th 16.685 54.61%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 21 of 21 9,153 11.652 17.972 64.84% 17.540 66.43% 15.352 19.272 79.66% April 4th 20.167 57.78%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 9.200 14.057 65.45% 13.829 66.52% 11.090 14.808 74.89% April 12th 16.217 56.73%

DUCHESNE RIVER 15 of 15 9,301 8.240 12.413 66.38% 11.160 73.84% 12.893 13.889 92.83% March 31st 13.492 61.07%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 7.300 9.384 77.79% 8.767 83.27% 11.100 10.972 101.16% April 3rd 10.582 68.99%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 25 of 26 8,946 10.392 12.309 84.43% 11.433 90.89% 13.040 12.730 102.43% April 9th 14.148 73.45%

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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