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: AUGUST 21 , 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 * 16.2 23.2 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 10.0 15.4 65
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 25.0 30.5 82
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 23.5 28.8 82
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.0 75
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.4 30.0 71
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.8 76
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 14.4 17.8 81
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.5 35.8 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.1 79
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 19.0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.8 38.4 75
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.4 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 33.1 43.6 76
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.2 22.0 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.6 28.2 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.9 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.2 34.4 73
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.8 75
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 15.7 22.5 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.5 37.4 68
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.6 36.8 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.7 23.3 63
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 28.8 51
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.4 81
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.6 27.0 61
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 20.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.6 26.4 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.0 72
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 19.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.8 27.2 65
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.6 27.6 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.1 32.9 58
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 23.8 31.8 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.1 21.9 55
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.3 33.0 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 13.2 20.4 65
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.0 75
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 20.7 25.4 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.4 30.0 71
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 15.2 24.2 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.7 19.2 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.7 31.6 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.8 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.5 35.8 82
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.3 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 33.1 43.6 76
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.3 17.0 72
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.6 21.8 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .1 .0 * 19.4 32.4 60
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 22.3 31.6 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.5 37.4 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 15.3 24.6 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.2 24.9 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 17.5 24.8 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.8 28.8 72
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 18.5 24.2 76
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.8 27.2 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 17.0 23.8 71
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 25.8 28.1 92
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.6 40.0 79
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.4 28.4 68
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.3 33.0 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 21.9 26.8 82
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.3 74
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 19.8 25.6 77
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 22.8 28.1 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.6 17.6 60
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 30.8 -M *
University Camp 10330 .1 .0 * 26.7 33.4 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.1 76
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 30.6 34.5 89
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.2 34.4 73
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 31.3 42.2 74
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.4 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.8 28.8 72
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.6 40.0 79
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * -M 29.4 *
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 18.9 26.0 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 21.7 30.9 70
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.3 55.4 82
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.0 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.5 85
Zirkel 9320 -M .0 * -M 40.1 *
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Basin Index (%) * 78
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 19.1 22.0 87
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.8 75
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.6 36.8 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.7 23.3 63
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.1 29.8 74
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.4 81
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.4 24.1 80
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 22.6 29.6 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 26.1 36.0 72
Elk River 8710 -M .0 * 23.8 28.2 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.4 45.2 78
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.1 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 13.2 20.4 65
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 37.7 47.6 79
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 32.3 43.4 74
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.6 36.4 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.4 19.5 79
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.2 78
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.3 55.4 82
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.8 29.9 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.0 84
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Basin Index (%) * 77
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 13.1 23.8 55
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.2 21.8 70
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.6 26.4 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 20.0 25.9 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.1 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 21.2 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.1 79
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.5 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 25.4 38.5 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.5 27.8 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.8 30.0 43
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.9 33.6 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 10.0 15.4 65
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 12.9 25.0 52
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 25.9 34.7 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 33.4 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 19.8 29.8 66
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.1 72
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.2 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 21.2 84
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 30.6 32.2 95
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.2 17.1 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 14.7 24.1 61
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 19.0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.4 73
Shuree 10070 -M .0 * 9.8 17.6 56
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.2 22.0 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 10.0 20.6 49
Upper Rio Grande 9370 -M .0 * -M 16.0 *
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.5 27.8 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.9 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.1 44.5 81
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.9 33.6 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 32.6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 28.2 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 24.9 27.4 91
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 25.0 30.5 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 33.2 38.5 86
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.5 28.4 93
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 33.4 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 20.9 25.6 82
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.4 29.0 91
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 20.8 27.8 75
Mineral Creek 10030 .5 .0 * 23.7 26.6 89
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.5 28.4 86
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.8 38.4 75
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 19.7 24.9 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 26.1 34.8 75
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 37.8 40.5 93
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.1 29.8 98
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 38.7 44.6 87
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 27.1 27.2 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.2 31.5 99
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.1 44.5 81
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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