Colorado River Snowpack 2025. Snowpack in the upper colorado river basin is at 114% of the median depth, which is critical for restoring water levels in lake mead and lake powell, the two major reservoirs in. Forecasts rely on two ocean precursors:

Colorado is awash in white this spring, with statewide snowpack topping 140% of average this week, well above the reading a year ago, when it stood at just 97% of normal. The snowpack in the south platte river basin, which supplies metro denver and the farms and ranches across northeastern colorado, has reached 114% of the norm, data.