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 TUESDAY: MAY 26 , 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 * 14.1 18.0 78
Castle Peak 11510 6.8 -M * 26.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 26.9 85
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 17.9 23.6 76
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.8 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 2.2 5 19.7 25.8 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.8 82
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 12.4 13.6 91
Park Reservoir 9990 3.6 16.0 22 27.1 30.7 88
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .6 0* 16.2 20.0 81
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.2 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 11.2 0 24.0 31.0 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .3 0* 11.6 15.8 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 17.9 1 29.6 36.8 80
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .4 25* 13.6 16.8 81
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.2 21.6 75
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 14.1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 8* 80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 1.6 15.3 10 22.6 28.6 79
Bear River 9100 .0 .8 0* 11.3 17.8 63
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.2 18.9 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 13.3 0 22.5 30.8 73
Bison Lake 10950 3.9 22.0 18 24.4 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .3 0* 13.3 20.8 64
Castle Peak 11510 6.8 -M * 26.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .2 3.9 5 14.1 22.6 62
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.5 83
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 4.2 0 13.6 22.0 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 12.0 0 17.1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 2.1 -M * 18.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 5.6 16.4 34 12.3 20.9 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .1 5.8 2 15.7 23.8 66
High Lonesome 10630 -M -M * 17.5 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 8.8 0 12.3 21.0 59
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .6 33* 13.4 22.4 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 3.9 3 14.5 26.9 54
Jones Pass 10430 .0 8.9 0 18.8 25.6 73
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.4 18.0 58
Lake Irene 10680 .1 13.3 1 22.6 26.9 84
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 10.7 17.0 63
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.8 86
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.4 21.4 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 2.2 5 19.7 25.8 76
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 11.7 19.6 60
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.4 15.1 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 20.7 26.3 79
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.8 82
Park Reservoir 9990 3.6 16.0 22 27.1 30.7 88
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 14.5 17.6 82
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 17.9 1 29.6 36.8 80
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.5 13.6 70
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 12.6 17.3 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 5.7 0 16.8 26.3 64
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .2 6.7 3 15.3 18.1 85
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Basin Index (%) 9 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 8.8 0 19.4 25.0 78
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 13.3 0 22.5 30.8 73
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 13.1 19.5 67
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 6.1 0 10.0 17.4 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .1 .0 * 15.3 19.0 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 12.6 2 17.5 24.2 72
Echo Lake 10660 .2 3.8 5 12.0 16.6 72
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 8.8 0 12.3 21.0 59
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .7 0* 14.9 18.1 82
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 3.8 3 18.2 22.2 82
Joe Wright 10140 .5 16.1 3 27.4 34.2 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 16.7 23.2 72
Lake Irene 10680 .1 13.3 1 22.6 26.9 84
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 9.5 0 19.0 23.3 82
Loveland Basin 11410 6.9 16.2 43 15.6 24.4 64
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 2.4 0 13.2 20.5 64
Niwot 9940 .1 2.4 4 19.0 22.6 84
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 7.9 12.0 66
Sawtooth 9640 2.6 -M * 27.6 -M *
University Camp 10330 6.7 13.8 49 22.5 28.0 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 3.9 0 18.7 21.6 87
Willow Park 10710 .3 8.7 3 25.5 29.2 87
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Basin Index (%) 11 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 1.6 15.3 10 22.6 28.6 79
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 28.7 0 29.1 40.6 72
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.5 83
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 12.6 2 17.5 24.2 72
Joe Wright 10140 .5 16.1 3 27.4 34.2 80
Never Summer 10300 9.3 18.8 49 16.9 23.1 73
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 16.4 20.8 79
Roach 9710 .1 5.6 2 19.3 24.5 79
Tower 10610 21.3 39.9 53 41.7 49.8 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 15.0 1 31.5 36.0 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .2 6.7 3 15.3 18.1 85
Zirkel 9320 .3 1.0 30* 32.2 36.4 88
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Basin Index (%) 21 80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 17.8 19.8 90
Bear River 9100 .0 .8 0* 11.3 17.8 63
Bison Lake 10950 3.9 22.0 18 24.4 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .3 0* 13.3 20.8 64
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 18.5 25.2 73
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.5 83
Crosho 8960 .1 .0 * 14.9 20.9 71
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .2 50* 21.2 26.4 80
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 24.2 30.7 79
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * -M 24.4 *
Elkhead Divide 8780 .8 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 7.8 0 33.2 40.3 82
Lost Dog 9350 -M 3.8 * -M 30.2 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 10.7 17.0 63
Old Battle 9840 18.2 30.0 61 35.1 42.2 83
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 10.6 1 28.9 37.5 77
Ripple Creek 10340 1.9 17.3 11 22.3 32.0 70
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 14.2 16.9 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.0 82
Tower 10610 21.3 39.9 53 41.7 49.8 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .1 -M * 16.0 23.8 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 15.0 1 31.5 36.0 88
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Basin Index (%) 32* 78
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 7.8 17.6 44
Brumley 10570 .9 .0 * 11.1 17.6 63
Fremont Pass 11310 5.6 16.4 34 12.3 20.9 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 12.3 16.0 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 3.9 5 14.3 18.5 77
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 12.9 16.3 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .6 0* 16.2 20.0 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 11.9 16.7 71
South Colony 10790 .3 7.5 4 21.7 28.4 76
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 11.9 21.5 55
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 8.2 20.2 41
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Basin Index (%) 26* 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 1.4 14* 28.4 29.4 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 8.4 18.3 46
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .2 .0 * 22.7 29.3 77
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 27.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 16.0 20.9 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 3.9 5 14.3 18.5 77
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 17.2 23.2 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 12.9 16.3 79
Middle Creek 11260 .0 5.8 0 24.9 26.4 94
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 8.0 11.0 73
North Costilla 10570 .1 .0 * 8.1 17.8 46
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.2 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .2 -M * 8.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .3 0* 11.6 15.8 73
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 5.4 11.6 47
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .4 25* 13.6 16.8 81
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 8.1 15.6 52
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 14.2 12.1 117
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 11.9 21.5 55
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 14.1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 25.4 0 33.1 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 4* 75
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 1.4 14* 28.4 29.4 97
Black Mesa 11580 9.0 -M * 24.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 22.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 19.9 22.2 90
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 26.9 85
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 7.8 0 26.0 31.3 83
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 20.8 23.8 87
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 27.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.4 19.8 83
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 19.8 23.2 85
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 15.0 21.0 71
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 18.0 20.7 87
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 20.4 24.3 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 11.2 0 24.0 31.0 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 14.9 20.2 74
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 3.0 0 21.6 25.9 83
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .7 14* 30.3 35.0 87
Stump Lakes 11230 -M 8.8 * -M 23.0 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 5.0 0 35.3 39.0 91
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 21.7 21.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 26.0 25.2 103
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 25.4 0 33.1 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 1* 87
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