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: OCTOBER 16 , 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 1.0 110
Castle Peak 11510 .7 -M * 1.8 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .6 .4 150
Columbine Pass 9160 .9 .0 * 3.9 .7 557
Idarado 9780 .5 .0 * 3.2 1.6 200
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .2 .0 * -M 1.2 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 1.3 .0 * 4.3 1.0 430
Overland Res. 9890 .5 .0 * 3.2 1.0 320
Park Cone 9600 .0 .0 * .8 .9 89
Park Reservoir 9990 2.1 .0 * 7.0 1.2 583
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Rat Creek 11680 2.1 -M * 2.2 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 1.8 .0 * 3.8 1.6 238
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .9 .6 150
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 1.9 1.5 127
Slumgullion 11560 1.6 .5 320* 2.4 1.2 200
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 1.3 1.5 87
Wager Gulch 11110 1.5 -M * 2.7 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 1880* 233
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .6 1.0 60* 2.0 1.4 143
Bear River 9100 .3 .0 * 1.4 1.3 108
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .8 .9 89
Berthoud Summit 11300 .3 .0 * .8 1.3 62
Bison Lake 10950 2.0 .1 2000* 4.9 1.4 350
Buffalo Park 9240 .4 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Castle Peak 11510 .7 -M * 1.8 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .2 0* .6 1.0 60
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 1.6 1.4 114
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .4 .8 50
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * .9 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .4 -M * .7 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .2 .6 33* .5 1.0 50
Grizzly Peak 11110 .1 .3 33* .7 1.0 70
High Lonesome 10630 .1 -M * .5 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .8 .4 200* 1.6 1.0 160
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * .8 1.2 67
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .2 50* .8 1.1 73
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .6 1.2 50
Kiln 9610 .1 .0 * .4 .8 50
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * .7 1.2 58
Lynx Pass 8910 .4 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .2 .0 * -M 1.2 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.2 83
Mesa Lakes 10160 1.3 .0 * 4.3 1.0 430
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .0 .0 * .2 .9 22
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .2 .6 33
North Lost Trail 9190 .2 .0 * 1.7 1.4 121
Overland Res. 9890 .5 .0 * 3.2 1.0 320
Park Reservoir 9990 2.1 .0 * 7.0 1.2 583
Phantom Valley 9030 .1 .0 * .5 .7 71
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 1.9 1.5 127
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .3 .4 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .2 .0 * .6 .7 86
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .0 * .7 1.3 54
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .8 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
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Basin Index (%) 429* 132
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .4 .0 * .7 1.1 64
Berthoud Summit 11300 .3 .0 * .8 1.3 62
Black Mountain 8940 .7 .1 700* 1.2 1.4 86
Buckskin Joe 11160 1.0 .3 333* -M 1.0 *
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M .8 *
Deadman Hill 10240 1.0 .7 143* 1.3 1.0 130
Echo Lake 10660 .3 .2 150* 1.3 .8 162
Hoosier Pass 11600 .8 .4 200* 1.6 1.0 160
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .2 0* .5 1.0 50
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .6 .4 150* 1.4 1.0 140
Joe Wright 10140 .4 .1 400* .9 1.8 50
Lake Eldora 9700 1.4 .0 * 1.4 .9 156
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * .7 1.2 58
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .7 0* .6 1.5 40
Loveland Basin 11410 .5 .8 62* .8 1.0 80
Michigan Creek 10700 .8 .2 400* 1.9 1.0 190
Niwot 9940 .2 .0 * 1.2 .7 171
Rough And Tumble 10420 1.5 .0 * 1.9 .8 238
Sawtooth 9640 .4 -M * 1.1 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .3 0* -M 1.3 *
Willow Park 10710 .6 .0 * 1.1 1.2 92
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Basin Index (%) 241* 103
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .6 1.0 60* 2.0 1.4 143
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .6 1.0 60* 2.0 1.5 133
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 1.6 1.4 114
Deadman Hill 10240 1.0 .7 143* 1.3 1.0 130
Joe Wright 10140 .4 .1 400* .9 1.8 50
Never Summer 10300 2.6 .8 325* .8 1.5 53
Rawah 9100 .6 .0 * 1.4 1.5 93
Roach 9710 .5 .2 250* 1.3 1.1 118
Tower 10610 .6 .4 150* 2.4 2.0 120
Whiskey Park 8950 .2 .0 * 1.8 1.4 129
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .8 .0 * 1.0 1.0 100
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * 1.5 1.8 83
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Basin Index (%) 205* 103
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .1 .0 * 1.8 .9 200
Bear River 9100 .3 .0 * 1.4 1.3 108
Bison Lake 10950 2.0 .1 2000* 4.9 1.4 350
Buffalo Park 9240 .4 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Burro Mountain 9290 .7 .0 * 3.4 1.2 283
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 1.6 1.4 114
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 1.6 .7 229
Divide Peak 8700 .8 .0 * 2.7 1.4 193
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 2.6 1.6 162
Elk River 8710 .2 .0 * 2.2 1.2 183
Elkhead Divide 8780 .3 -M * 2.5 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .2 .0 * 1.9 1.8 106
Lost Dog 9350 .1 .0 * 2.3 1.6 144
Lynx Pass 8910 .4 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Old Battle 9840 .6 .7 86* 3.3 1.7 194
Rabbit Ears 9390 .4 .0 * 2.1 1.8 117
Ripple Creek 10340 .2 .0 * 2.1 1.4 150
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .8 .0 * 2.8 1.0 280
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 1.7 1.0 170
Tower 10610 .6 .4 150* 2.4 2.0 120
Trapper Lake 9750 .2 -M * 2.4 1.3 185
Whiskey Park 8950 .2 .0 * 1.8 1.4 129
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Basin Index (%) 717* 168
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 2.2 .6 367
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .8 .9 89
Fremont Pass 11310 .2 .6 33* .5 1.0 50
Glen Cove 11410 .0 .0 * .6 .6 100
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 1.1 .4 275
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * .9 .9 100
South Colony 10790 .8 .3 267* 2.8 1.2 233
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.4 1.1 127
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 1.3 1.2 108
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Basin Index (%) 189* 148
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 3.4 .0 * 4.7 1.8 261
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .6 .4 150
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 1.4 .8 175
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * 1.8 1.0 180
Elwood Pass 11680 1.5 -M * 4.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .3 -M * 2.7 1.3 208
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 1.1 .4 275
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 2.8 .7 400
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 2.0 .9 222
Middle Creek 11260 2.1 .0 * 5.2 1.5 347
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 1.6 .4 400
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * .2 .6 33
Rat Creek 11680 2.1 -M * 2.2 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .1 -M * .8 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .9 .6 150
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .3 .4 75
Slumgullion 11560 1.6 .5 320* 2.4 1.2 200
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 3.3 1.0 330
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.4 1.1 127
Wager Gulch 11110 1.5 -M * 2.7 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 1.1 .1 1100* 6.2 1.5 413
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Basin Index (%) 1517* 247
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 3.4 .0 * 4.7 1.8 261
Black Mesa 11580 1.9 -M * 3.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 1.6 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 3.5 1.3 269
Columbine Pass 9160 .9 .0 * 3.9 .7 557
Columbus Basin 10780 .8 .0 * 4.0 1.8 222
El Diente Peak 10210 .2 .0 * 2.6 .9 289
Elwood Pass 11680 1.5 -M * 4.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .4 .0 * 2.6 1.1 236
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 3.3 1.0 330
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * 3.2 1.1 291
Mineral Creek 10030 .6 .0 * 3.4 1.4 243
Molas Lake 10610 1.0 .0 * 3.9 1.4 279
Red Mountain Pass 11060 1.8 .0 * 3.8 1.6 238
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 2.1 1.0 210
Sharkstooth 10730 1.0 .0 * 2.4 1.5 160
Spud Mountain 10660 1.3 .0 * 4.4 1.6 275
Stump Lakes 11230 1.3 .0 * 3.6 1.3 277
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 1.5 413
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Basin Index (%) 14100* 277
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