Upper Colorado Snowpack Database

Lake Powell, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte

Colorado Snow

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ENTIRE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
As of: 2026-05-24
Day #236 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

132 of 141 9,630 0.947 5.794 16.34% 4.259 22.24% 17.859 22.687 78.72% April 4th 15.580 6.08%

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

ANIMAS RIVER 7 of 9 10,439 0.057 6.500 0.88% 4.056 1.41% 23.814 26.424 90.12% April 4th 17.615 0.32%

PRICE-SAN RAFAEL 11 of 11 9,013 0.018 1.946 0.94% 0.029 63.64% 14.673 20.150 72.82% March 31st 13.981 0.13%

SAN JUAN RIVER HEADWATERS 8 of 9 10,689 0.075 7.992 0.94% 6.056 1.24% 24.475 26.408 92.68% April 5th 18.871 0.40%

ROARING FORK RIVER 8 of 8 9,780 0.075 5.465 1.37% 3.738 2.01% 16.525 24.731 66.82% April 4th 16.685 0.45%

ESCALANTE RIVER 3 of 4 9,877 0.033 1.026 3.24% 0.000 % 13.425 16.224 82.75% April 3rd 10.582 0.31%

DIRTY DEVIL RIVER 5 of 6 9,445 0.020 0.379 5.28% 0.000 % 11.817 15.688 75.32% March 31st 9.491 0.21%

GUNNISON RIVER 16 of 16 10,320 0.344 5.890 5.84% 3.707 9.27% 17.612 23.333 75.48% April 5th 16.621 2.07%

DUCHESNE RIVER 14 of 15 9,301 0.407 4.675 8.71% 3.100 13.13% 17.020 20.398 83.44% March 31st 13.492 3.02%

UPPER COLORADO RIVER HEADWATERS 19 of 20 10,195 1.053 8.632 12.19% 8.159 12.90% 16.520 23.024 71.75% April 12th 16.217 6.49%

YAMPA/WHITE RIVER 20 of 21 9,153 2.610 9.534 27.38% 8.080 32.30% 22.340 28.669 77.92% April 4th 20.167 12.94%

DOLORES/SAN MIGUEL RIVER 9 of 9 10,316 1.133 4.022 28.18% 2.112 53.65% 19.378 23.380 82.88% March 31st 15.640 7.25%

UPPER GREEN RIVER 23 of 26 8,946 1.496 5.166 28.95% 3.804 39.32% 17.288 19.303 89.56% April 9th 14.148 10.57%

SOUTH EASTERN UTAH 6 of 6 8,976 0.100 0.192 52.08% 0.000 % 15.867 18.641 85.12% March 14th 10.750 0.93%

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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