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 WEDNESDAY: SEPTEMBER 2 , 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 * 16.7 24.0 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 11.3 16.1 70
Columbine Pass 9160 .4 .0 * 25.6 30.8 83
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 25.2 29.6 85
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.1 75
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 22.2 30.8 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 26.8 75
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 15.5 18.0 86
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 31.6 37.0 85
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.7 24.8 83
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.6 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 30.5 40.0 76
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.4 22.0 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 33.7 44.6 76
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.8 22.7 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 19.3 29.1 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.4 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 77
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 34.8 76
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 17.6 22.6 78
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.7 23.1 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.2 38.2 69
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.5 38.2 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * 16.6 23.9 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 29.5 50
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.7 36.0 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 17.2 28.0 61
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 20.0 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.2 60
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.7 29.4 70
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.4 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 27.8 66
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 17.1 28.5 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 19.5 33.9 58
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 24.5 32.4 76
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.2 22.4 54
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.4 33.4 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.4 20.8 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.1 75
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 22.1 26.4 84
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 22.2 30.8 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * 16.1 24.3 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.5 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 23.4 32.2 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 26.8 75
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 31.6 37.0 85
Phantom Valley 9030 .5 .0 * 17.6 22.6 78
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 33.7 44.6 76
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.0 17.4 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 16.2 22.6 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 20.4 33.2 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.1 24.2 87
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Basin Index (%) * 71
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .3 .0 * 23.1 32.2 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.2 38.2 69
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.5 24.8 67
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.9 26.0 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.4 25.6 72
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.4 29.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.2 24.8 77
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 27.8 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 18.0 23.8 76
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 26.4 28.6 92
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 32.9 41.0 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.6 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.4 33.4 82
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 22.9 27.4 84
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.7 31.2 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.2 26.3 77
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.6 29.0 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.9 18.0 61
Sawtooth 9640 1.0 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 27.8 34.0 82
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 22.5 28.5 79
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 31.4 35.0 90
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 34.8 76
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 31.9 42.2 76
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.7 36.0 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.4 29.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 32.9 41.0 80
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 22.8 30.1 76
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.7 26.8 74
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.2 73
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.4 55.6 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.5 39.7 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.1 24.2 87
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 36.4 41.4 88
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Basin Index (%) * 80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .6 .0 * 21.0 22.4 94
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 17.6 22.6 78
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.5 38.2 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * 16.6 23.9 69
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 23.3 30.4 77
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.7 36.0 82
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 20.8 24.5 85
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 23.8 30.0 79
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 27.9 36.3 77
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 25.4 28.8 88
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 24.5 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .4 .0 * 36.9 45.6 81
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 27.5 34.2 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.4 20.8 74
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 36.3 48.0 76
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 34.7 43.6 80
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 26.0 36.7 71
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.1 81
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * -M 26.0 *
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.4 55.6 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 21.0 30.5 69
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.5 39.7 87
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Basin Index (%) * 80
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.2 25.4 56
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.7 22.4 70
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.2 60
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 21.8 26.9 81
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.7 25.0 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.2 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.7 24.8 83
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 16.6 23.7 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 26.7 39.9 67
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.2 28.4 57
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 13.8 31.3 44
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Basin Index (%) * 67
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 35.6 34.9 102
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 11.3 16.1 70
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.5 25.8 52
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.2 35.8 73
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.0 30.6 69
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.7 25.0 75
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.7 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.2 82
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 32.4 34.4 94
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.8 17.6 73
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 15.3 25.3 60
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.6 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.6 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.4 22.0 75
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 10.4 18.1 57
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.8 22.7 78
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 10.7 21.2 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 18.0 17.4 103
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.2 28.4 57
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.4 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 45.4 81
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Basin Index (%) * 75
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 35.6 34.9 102
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 34.5 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 29.7 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 26.4 28.4 93
Columbine Pass 9160 .4 .0 * 25.6 30.8 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 35.4 39.9 89
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 27.3 29.4 93
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 22.1 26.5 83
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 27.5 30.0 92
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 21.8 28.6 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 24.9 27.9 89
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 25.4 29.8 85
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 30.5 40.0 76
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 20.5 26.0 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 27.9 35.8 78
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 40.1 41.6 96
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 30.0 31.8 94
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 39.5 47.6 83
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 28.6 28.4 101
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 32.5 33.2 98
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 45.4 81
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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