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 SATURDAY: JULY 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 * 14.6 21.1 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.4 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 7.5 12.4 60
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 23.6 28.0 84
Idarado 9780 -M .0 * -M 25.6 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.8 26.3 79
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.9 27.6 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.7 22.0 76
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 13.4 15.8 85
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.4 33.0 83
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.0 21.1 81
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.8 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .3 .0 * -M 33.6 *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.1 18.2 72
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.1 39.8 78
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.0 19.3 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 17.0 24.7 69
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 77
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 23.3 31.6 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.5 61
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.6 20.6 66
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.1 34.2 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 26.2 34.0 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.4 22.0 61
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.4 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.4 26.1 55
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.0 78
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 14.3 24.1 59
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 17.6 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 19.1 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.2 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 17.4 25.8 67
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 18.0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.5 24.3 60
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 14.9 24.5 61
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 14.8 30.5 49
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 20.0 28.3 71
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.8 20.0 54
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.5 30.0 78
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.7 60
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.8 26.3 79
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.4 23.8 73
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.9 27.6 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 12.8 21.6 59
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.6 16.8 57
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 21.6 28.6 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.7 22.0 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.4 33.0 83
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 15.0 20.4 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.1 39.8 78
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.8 15.6 63
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 13.4 19.4 69
Vail Mountain 10290 .1 .0 * 17.3 30.0 58
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 17.7 22.2 80
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Basin Index (%) * 68
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 19.7 28.9 68
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.1 34.2 70
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.5 21.9 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 11.9 21.3 56
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.1 72
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.2 27.6 66
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 13.8 20.6 67
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.5 24.3 60
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 15.1 21.0 72
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 22.0 26.3 84
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.6 37.4 76
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.5 25.6 68
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.5 30.0 78
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 19.7 25.8 76
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 17.6 27.2 65
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 15.6 22.6 69
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 19.5 25.6 76
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 9.0 14.8 61
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 28.5 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 23.2 30.2 77
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 20.1 25.1 80
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 26.6 31.9 83
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Basin Index (%) * 72
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 23.3 31.6 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 29.9 42.0 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.0 78
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.2 27.6 66
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.6 37.4 76
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 18.0 27.2 66
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 16.9 24.2 70
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 20.3 29.2 70
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.1 38.0 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 17.7 22.2 80
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 33.2 38.6 86
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Basin Index (%) * 76
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 18.4 21.0 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.5 61
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 26.2 34.0 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.4 22.0 61
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 19.4 28.0 69
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.0 78
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.4 71
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.6 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.6 72
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 22.6 26.8 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 34.2 43.3 79
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 25.1 33.0 76
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.7 60
Old Battle 9840 -M .0 * -M 46.0 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 29.6 41.2 72
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 22.9 34.2 67
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.0 17.9 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.4 77
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 16.7 27.4 61
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.1 38.0 84
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Basin Index (%) * 75
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 -M .0 * 10.4 19.8 53
Brumley 10570 -M .0 * 12.1 19.8 61
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.2 58
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 13.8 21.0 66
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.8 20.9 76
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.6 19.2 76
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.0 21.1 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 13.0 18.9 69
South Colony 10790 -M .0 * 23.0 32.4 71
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.7 24.6 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 -M .0 * 11.1 24.2 46
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Basin Index (%) * 64
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 30.1 30.4 99
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 7.5 12.4 60
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 11.5 21.2 54
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 24.5 31.4 78
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 31.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 17.7 24.9 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.8 20.9 76
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 18.4 24.8 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.6 19.2 76
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 27.2 29.1 93
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 9.1 13.9 65
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 12.3 20.3 61
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.8 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 9.1 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.1 18.2 72
Shuree 10070 -M .0 * 7.8 15.4 51
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.0 19.3 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.5 18.2 52
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 14.8 14.0 106
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.7 24.6 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * -M 40.1 *
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 30.1 30.4 99
Black Mesa 11580 .9 -M * -M -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 25.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * -M 24.2 *
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 23.6 28.0 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * -M 34.4 *
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * -M 25.9 *
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 31.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * -M 22.4 *
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * -M 25.6 *
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * -M 22.3 *
Mineral Creek 10030 -M .0 * -M 22.9 *
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * -M 26.2 *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .3 .0 * -M 33.6 *
Scotch Creek 9160 -M .0 * -M 22.5 *
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * -M 29.5 *
Spud Mountain 10660 -M .0 * -M 36.2 *
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * -M 26.6 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 37.3 40.7 92
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * -M 24.0 *
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * -M 27.2 *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * -M 40.1 *
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Basin Index (%) * 92*
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