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: OCTOBER 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 * 1.1 1.1 100
Castle Peak 11510 .7 -M * 1.8 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .7 .6 117
Columbine Pass 9160 1.0 .0 * 4.0 .8 500
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 3.2 1.6 200
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .2 .0 * -M 1.4 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 1.2 .0 * 4.3 1.2 358
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 3.2 1.1 291
Park Cone 9600 .0 .0 * .8 1.0 80
Park Reservoir 9990 2.0 .0 * 7.0 1.4 500
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .6 .9 67
Rat Creek 11680 2.0 -M * 2.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 1.6 .0 * 3.8 1.8 211
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 2.0 1.6 125
Slumgullion 11560 1.5 .4 375* 2.4 1.2 200
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 1.3 1.5 87
Wager Gulch 11110 1.4 -M * 2.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 2025* 216
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .7 1.0 70* 2.0 1.6 125
Bear River 9100 .4 .0 * 1.5 1.4 107
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .9 1.1 82
Berthoud Summit 11300 .2 .2 100* .7 1.6 44
Bison Lake 10950 2.0 .2 1000* 4.8 1.4 343
Buffalo Park 9240 .4 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Castle Peak 11510 .7 -M * 1.8 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * .7 1.2 58
Columbine 9170 .6 .0 * 1.7 1.8 94
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .4 .9 44
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 1.0 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .5 -M * .8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .2 .6 33* .6 1.1 55
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .3 0* .7 1.1 64
High Lonesome 10630 .2 -M * .4 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .8 .5 160* 1.6 1.0 160
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .2 50* .8 1.2 67
Ivanhoe 10540 .2 .3 67* .9 1.2 75
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .9 1.3 69
Kiln 9610 .1 .0 * .4 .8 50
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .2 0* .7 1.4 50
Lynx Pass 8910 .5 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .2 .0 * -M 1.4 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.3 77
Mesa Lakes 10160 1.2 .0 * 4.3 1.2 358
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .0 .0 * .3 1.1 27
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .3 .8 38
North Lost Trail 9190 .2 .0 * 1.7 1.5 113
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 3.2 1.1 291
Park Reservoir 9990 2.0 .0 * 7.0 1.4 500
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .5 .8 62
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 2.0 1.6 125
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .3 .6 50
Summit Ranch 9350 .2 .0 * .6 1.0 60
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .2 150* .7 1.6 44
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .8 .2 400* 1.0 1.0 100
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Basin Index (%) 292* 120
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .3 .0 * .7 1.2 58
Berthoud Summit 11300 .2 .2 100* .7 1.6 44
Black Mountain 8940 .8 .3 267* 1.4 1.5 93
Buckskin Joe 11160 1.2 .2 600* 2.7 1.0 270
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M 1.0 *
Deadman Hill 10240 1.0 1.0 100* 1.3 1.2 108
Echo Lake 10660 .4 .2 200* 1.3 1.0 130
Hoosier Pass 11600 .8 .5 160* 1.6 1.0 160
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .1 100* .6 1.3 46
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .7 .3 233* 1.4 1.1 127
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .4 50* .9 2.2 41
Lake Eldora 9700 1.2 .0 * 1.5 .9 167
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .2 0* .7 1.4 50
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .6 0* .8 1.9 42
Loveland Basin 11410 .5 1.2 42* .8 1.4 57
Michigan Creek 10700 .8 .2 400* 2.0 1.2 167
Niwot 9940 .2 .1 200* 1.3 .8 162
Rough And Tumble 10420 1.6 .0 * 1.9 .8 238
Sawtooth 9640 .3 -M * 1.2 -M *
University Camp 10330 .1 .1 100* 1.0 1.2 83
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .4 0* -M 1.4 *
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * 1.2 1.4 86
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Basin Index (%) 170* 99
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .7 1.0 70* 2.0 1.6 125
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .8 50* 2.0 2.0 100
Columbine 9170 .6 .0 * 1.7 1.8 94
Deadman Hill 10240 1.0 1.0 100* 1.3 1.2 108
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .4 50* .9 2.2 41
Never Summer 10300 2.7 .8 338* .8 1.7 47
Rawah 9100 .4 .0 * 1.4 1.6 88
Roach 9710 .4 .3 133* 1.4 1.1 127
Tower 10610 .8 .8 100* 2.6 2.0 130
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 1.8 1.8 100
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .8 .2 400* 1.0 1.0 100
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * 1.6 2.2 73
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Basin Index (%) 155* 92
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 1.9 1.0 190
Bear River 9100 .4 .0 * 1.5 1.4 107
Bison Lake 10950 2.0 .2 1000* 4.8 1.4 343
Buffalo Park 9240 .4 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Burro Mountain 9290 .3 .0 * 3.4 1.3 262
Columbine 9170 .6 .0 * 1.7 1.8 94
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 1.6 .8 200
Divide Peak 8700 .5 .2 250* 2.8 1.6 175
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 2.6 1.8 144
Elk River 8710 .2 .0 * 2.2 1.4 157
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 2.6 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 2.0 2.3 87
Lost Dog 9350 .1 .0 * 2.3 1.7 135
Lynx Pass 8910 .5 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Old Battle 9840 -M .8 * -M 1.8 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 .0 * 2.2 2.0 110
Ripple Creek 10340 .3 .4 75* 2.0 1.5 133
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .4 .0 * 2.8 1.1 255
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 1.8 1.1 164
Tower 10610 .8 .8 100* 2.6 2.0 130
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 2.4 1.4 171
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 1.8 1.8 100
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Basin Index (%) 431* 152
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 2.2 .7 314
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .7 1.0 70
Fremont Pass 11310 .2 .6 33* .6 1.1 55
Glen Cove 11410 .0 .0 * .6 .6 100
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .6 .9 67
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * .9 1.0 90
South Colony 10790 .8 .3 267* 2.8 1.3 215
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.5 1.2 125
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 1.3 1.2 108
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Basin Index (%) 167* 138
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 3.2 .0 * 4.7 2.1 224
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .7 .6 117
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * 1.8 1.1 164
Elwood Pass 11680 1.5 -M * 4.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 2.7 1.4 193
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 2.8 1.1 255
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Middle Creek 11260 2.2 .0 * 5.2 1.7 306
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 1.6 .4 400
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * .2 .8 25
Rat Creek 11680 2.0 -M * 2.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .2 -M * .8 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .3 .4 75
Slumgullion 11560 1.5 .4 375* 2.4 1.2 200
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 3.3 1.0 330
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.5 1.2 125
Wager Gulch 11110 1.4 -M * 2.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 1.1 .1 1100* 6.2 1.6 388
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Basin Index (%) 1760* 222
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 3.2 .0 * 4.7 2.1 224
Black Mesa 11580 2.0 -M * 3.8 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 1.6 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 3.6 1.5 240
Columbine Pass 9160 1.0 .0 * 4.0 .8 500
Columbus Basin 10780 .8 .0 * 4.1 1.8 228
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 2.6 1.0 260
Elwood Pass 11680 1.5 -M * 4.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 2.6 1.2 217
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 3.3 1.1 300
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 3.1 1.4 221
Mineral Creek 10030 .1 .0 * 3.4 1.5 227
Molas Lake 10610 .9 .0 * 3.9 1.4 279
Red Mountain Pass 11060 1.6 .0 * 3.8 1.8 211
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 2.1 1.0 210
Sharkstooth 10730 .3 .0 * 2.4 1.6 150
Spud Mountain 10660 .8 .0 * 4.4 2.0 220
Stump Lakes 11230 1.4 .0 * 3.6 1.4 257
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 4.7 1.6 294
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 3.6 1.2 300
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 3.9 1.4 279
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 1.1 .1 1100* 6.2 1.6 388
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Basin Index (%) 11400* 255
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