Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-07-26
Day #299 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

128 of 141 9,630 0.028 0.000 % 0.000 % 20.426 25.863 78.98% April 4th 15.580 0.18%

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 3 of 6 8,976 0.067 0.000 % 0.000 % 19.317 21.571 89.55% March 14th 10.750 0.62%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 14.717 18.442 79.80% March 31st 9.491 0.00%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 8 of 9 10,316 0.075 0.000 % 0.000 % 23.711 26.686 88.85% March 31st 15.640 0.48%

DUCHESNE RIVER 13 of 15 9,301 0.085 0.000 % 0.000 % 20.233 23.566 85.86% March 31st 13.492 0.63%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 10 of 11 9,013 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 17.327 22.596 76.68% March 31st 13.981 0.00%

ESCALANTE RIVER 4 of 4 9,877 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 17.450 18.960 92.04% April 3rd 10.582 0.00%

ANIMAS RIVER 6 of 9 10,439 0.067 0.000 % 0.000 % 27.100 29.757 91.07% April 4th 17.615 0.38%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.000 0.000 * % 0.000 % 18.457 27.904 66.14% April 4th 16.685 0.00%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 20 of 21 9,153 0.010 0.000 % 0.000 % 23.232 31.801 73.05% April 4th 20.167 0.05%

GUNNISON RIVER 15 of 16 10,320 0.047 0.000 % 0.000 % 19.153 26.322 72.77% April 5th 16.621 0.28%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 9 of 9 10,689 0.056 0.000 % 0.000 % 27.089 29.670 91.30% April 5th 18.871 0.29%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 0.013 0.000 % 0.000 % 20.754 22.726 91.32% April 9th 14.148 0.09%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 0.016 0.000 % 0.000 % 17.372 26.440 65.70% April 12th 16.217 0.10%

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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Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte