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 SUNDAY: MAY 24 , 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 8.5 -M * 26.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 26.5 86
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 17.9 23.4 76
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.4 23.6 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 2.9 3 19.7 25.6 77
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.7 82
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 12.3 13.6 90
Park Reservoir 9990 5.0 16.5 30 27.1 30.4 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 1.4 0* 16.2 19.7 82
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.1 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 12.9 0 24.0 30.7 78
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 1.8 0 11.5 15.7 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 19.1 1 29.5 36.7 80
Slumgullion 11560 .1 1.0 10* 13.5 16.8 80
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.1 21.4 75
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 13.9 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 10* 81
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 3.1 16.6 19 22.6 28.4 80
Bear River 9100 .0 2.0 0 11.3 17.7 64
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.1 18.8 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 14.0 0 22.4 30.6 73
Bison Lake 10950 5.2 23.1 23 24.5 31.8 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 1.8 0 13.4 20.8 64
Castle Peak 11510 8.5 -M * 26.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .2 4.6 4 14.1 22.3 63
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 25.8 31.2 83
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 5.5 0 13.6 21.8 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 13.2 0 17.1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 3.5 -M * 18.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 6.6 17.1 39 12.2 20.8 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .1 6.7 1 15.6 23.3 67
High Lonesome 10630 -M -M * 17.4 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 8.4 0 12.3 20.8 59
Independence Pass 10570 .1 1.2 8* 13.3 22.3 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 5.0 2 14.5 26.9 54
Jones Pass 10430 .0 9.5 0 18.7 25.5 73
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.4 17.9 58
Lake Irene 10680 .8 15.2 5 22.6 26.8 84
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.7 16.8 64
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.4 23.6 86
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 17.5 21.4 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 2.9 3 19.7 25.6 77
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .0 .0 * 11.5 19.6 59
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.3 15.1 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 20.7 26.2 79
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.7 82
Park Reservoir 9990 5.0 16.5 30 27.1 30.4 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 14.5 17.4 83
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 19.1 1 29.5 36.7 80
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.5 13.5 70
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 12.6 17.3 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 8.7 0 16.8 25.6 66
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .7 8.4 8 15.3 18.0 85
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Basin Index (%) 11 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 10.3 0 19.5 25.0 78
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 14.0 0 22.4 30.6 73
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .6 17* 13.1 19.2 68
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 6.5 0 9.9 17.3 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 15.2 18.7 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .9 13.8 7 17.5 24.0 73
Echo Lake 10660 .6 5.0 12 12.0 16.3 74
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 8.4 0 12.3 20.8 59
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 1.9 0 14.9 18.0 83
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .2 5.2 4 18.1 22.0 82
Joe Wright 10140 1.7 17.2 10 27.4 34.0 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 16.8 23.0 73
Lake Irene 10680 .8 15.2 5 22.6 26.8 84
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 10.0 1 18.9 23.3 81
Loveland Basin 11410 8.3 17.2 48 15.4 24.2 64
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 4.0 0 13.2 20.2 65
Niwot 9940 1.0 4.0 25 19.0 22.4 85
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 7.9 11.9 66
Sawtooth 9640 4.6 -M * 27.6 -M *
University Camp 10330 7.9 14.6 54 22.5 27.5 82
Wild Basin 9410 .0 6.4 0 18.6 21.0 89
Willow Park 10710 1.2 10.2 12 25.5 28.8 89
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Basin Index (%) 14 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 3.1 16.6 19 22.6 28.4 80
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .6 29.6 2 29.1 40.5 72
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 25.8 31.2 83
Deadman Hill 10240 .9 13.8 7 17.5 24.0 73
Joe Wright 10140 1.7 17.2 10 27.4 34.0 81
Never Summer 10300 10.4 18.8 55 16.9 22.8 74
Rawah 9100 .1 .1 100* 16.5 20.7 80
Roach 9710 .2 7.1 3 19.2 24.3 79
Tower 10610 23.3 41.6 56 41.6 49.6 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 16.7 0 31.4 36.0 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .7 8.4 8 15.3 18.0 85
Zirkel 9320 .4 4.0 10 32.0 35.9 89
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Basin Index (%) 24 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 17.8 19.4 92
Bear River 9100 .0 2.0 0 11.3 17.7 64
Bison Lake 10950 5.2 23.1 23 24.5 31.8 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 1.8 0 13.4 20.8 64
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 18.6 24.9 75
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 25.8 31.2 83
Crosho 8960 .1 .0 * 14.8 20.9 71
Divide Peak 8700 .2 1.1 18* 21.2 26.2 81
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 24.2 30.6 79
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 23.8 24.4 98
Elkhead Divide 8780 .8 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 9.9 0 33.1 39.6 84
Lost Dog 9350 -M 4.8 * -M 30.2 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.7 16.8 64
Old Battle 9840 19.4 31.0 63 35.1 42.0 84
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 11.6 1 28.8 37.2 77
Ripple Creek 10340 3.5 18.0 19 22.4 32.0 70
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 14.2 16.7 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.1 21.8 83
Tower 10610 23.3 41.6 56 41.6 49.6 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .1 -M * 16.0 23.7 68
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 16.7 0 31.4 36.0 87
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Basin Index (%) 33* 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 7.7 17.6 44
Brumley 10570 .8 .0 * 11.1 17.2 65
Fremont Pass 11310 6.6 17.1 39 12.2 20.8 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .2 150* 12.3 16.0 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 6.0 5 14.3 18.4 78
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 12.8 16.3 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 1.4 0* 16.2 19.7 82
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 11.9 16.7 71
South Colony 10790 .2 9.6 2 21.4 28.3 76
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 11.9 21.4 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 8.2 20.2 41
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Basin Index (%) 24* 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 2.6 12 28.4 29.2 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 8.4 18.2 46
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .8 12* 22.5 29.0 78
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.0 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 15.8 20.9 76
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 6.0 5 14.3 18.4 78
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 17.0 23.2 73
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 12.8 16.3 79
Middle Creek 11260 .0 7.4 0 24.7 26.2 94
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 8.1 11.0 74
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 8.0 17.7 45
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.1 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .2 -M * 8.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 1.8 0 11.5 15.7 73
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 5.4 11.4 47
Slumgullion 11560 .1 1.0 10* 13.5 16.8 80
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 8.0 15.6 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 14.2 12.1 117
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 11.9 21.4 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 13.9 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 26.7 0 32.8 37.9 87
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Basin Index (%) 2* 75
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 2.6 12 28.4 29.2 97
Black Mesa 11580 10.2 -M * 24.1 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 22.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 19.8 22.0 90
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 26.5 86
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 10.6 0 25.9 31.3 83
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 20.7 23.4 88
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.4 84
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 19.8 22.8 87
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 12.9 0 24.0 30.7 78
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 14.9 20.2 74
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 4.0 0 21.6 25.6 84
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .8 0* 30.2 34.6 87
Stump Lakes 11230 -M 9.6 * -M 23.0 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 8.2 0 34.8 38.6 90
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 21.7 21.7 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 25.8 25.0 103
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 26.7 0 32.8 37.9 87
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Basin Index (%) 1* 87
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