United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center
Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon
Agriculture Service
S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E
United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center
Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon
Agriculture Service
S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E
Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites
As of FRIDAY: SEPTEMBER 18 , 2026
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BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION
Data Site Name (Ft) % %
Current Median Median Current Median Med
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COLORADO
GUNNISON RIVER BASIN
Butte 10190 .0 .0 * 19.4 25.2 77
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 12.4 16.6 75
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.5 32.3 85
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 27.5 30.7 90
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.6 31.4 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.6 31.7 78
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.9 28.2 78
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 17.4 18.8 93
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 34.4 38.7 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.3 26.0 86
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 22.6 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.0 40.9 83
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.4 22.9 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 38.8 46.2 84
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 22.5 30.8 73
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 82
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 27.8 36.0 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.1 23.6 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.0 24.8 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.4 39.3 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.0 39.6 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.3 24.4 71
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.2 48
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.9 36.6 84
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.2 29.1 63
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 21.7 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.5 28.3 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.0 30.2 73
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.8 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.1 66
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 19.0 29.5 64
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.4 35.0 58
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 26.1 33.6 78
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.4 23.2 58
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 27.9 34.4 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.6 31.4 82
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 23.7 27.4 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.6 31.7 78
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 17.0 25.1 68
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 12.8 20.6 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 25.4 34.3 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.9 28.2 78
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 34.4 38.7 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.0 23.6 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 38.8 46.2 84
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.4 17.8 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 17.4 23.6 74
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.3 33.6 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.0 25.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 23.7 33.0 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.4 39.3 70
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.8 26.5 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 16.2 27.3 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.9 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.3 75
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 20.0 26.0 77
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.1 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.5 24.8 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 27.9 29.9 93
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.3 42.2 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 21.0 29.8 70
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 27.9 34.4 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.8 28.4 84
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 23.9 32.2 74
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.0 77
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 24.6 30.2 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 11.9 19.8 60
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 32.7 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.6 80
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 23.1 30.1 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 32.0 36.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 27.8 36.0 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 33.5 43.1 78
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.9 36.6 84
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.3 75
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.3 42.2 81
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.8 31.2 76
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 20.5 27.6 74
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 23.6 32.2 73
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.9 56.6 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 35.7 41.2 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.0 25.0 88
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 37.1 41.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 22.6 23.8 95
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.1 23.6 77
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.0 39.6 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.3 24.4 71
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 24.9 31.3 80
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 30.9 36.6 84
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 21.7 25.6 85
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 25.3 31.2 81
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 29.2 37.2 78
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 26.9 30.5 88
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 25.6 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .5 .0 * 38.3 46.5 82
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 28.5 35.0 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 40.8 49.7 82
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 36.0 44.4 81
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 27.4 37.6 73
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 17.2 21.0 82
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 22.1 26.8 82
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.9 56.6 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 22.6 31.2 72
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 35.7 41.2 87
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Basin Index (%) * 81
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .2 .0 * 14.5 25.7 56
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 17.5 23.2 75
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.5 28.3 62
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.2 28.3 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 20.6 25.7 80
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.3 26.0 86
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 18.3 24.0 76
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 28.9 41.2 70
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.1 29.3 58
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 14.9 32.0 47
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Basin Index (%) * 69
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.3 36.4 108
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 12.4 16.6 75
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 14.2 26.7 53
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 28.3 37.8 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.6 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 22.3 31.3 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 20.6 25.7 80
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 22.2 30.4 73
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 35.7 37.0 96
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 14.3 19.0 75
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.4 26.5 62
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 22.6 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 11.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.4 22.9 76
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 11.0 19.1 58
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * 11.3 22.1 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 20.3 18.4 110
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.1 29.3 58
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 40.0 47.3 85
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Basin Index (%) * 77
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.3 36.4 108
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 36.5 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.4 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 29.7 30.0 99
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.5 32.3 85
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 40.4 40.6 100
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 30.6 31.0 99
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.6 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 25.1 27.4 92
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.1 32.6 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 25.0 30.2 83
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 27.9 29.4 95
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 28.4 31.5 90
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.0 40.9 83
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.2 84
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 30.3 37.6 81
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 44.9 44.3 101
Stump Lakes 11230 .1 .0 * 34.6 33.6 103
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 44.2 50.6 87
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 33.7 29.9 113
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 36.2 37.8 96
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 40.0 47.3 85
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Basin Index (%) * 93
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