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: DECEMBER 10 , 2025
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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 2.4 3.8 63 4.1 5.6 73
Castle Peak 11500 3.0 -M * 8.3 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 2.1 1.2 175 3.7 2.4 154
Columbine Pass 9160 3.1 3.1 100 7.5 6.5 115
Idarado 9780 2.3 3.5 66 8.5 7.0 121
Mc Clure Pass 8760 2.4 3.9 62 7.0 7.1 99
Mesa Lakes 10160 2.4 4.5 53 8.5 6.8 125
Overland Res. 9890 1.7 3.0 57 5.7 5.9 97
Park Cone 9600 1.8 2.6 69 4.4 4.0 110
Park Reservoir 9990 3.9 6.3 62 10.1 8.6 117
Porphyry Creek 10790 4.4 4.1 107 6.6 4.6 143
Rat Creek 11680 4.1 -M * 8.3 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11050 3.9 6.2 63 10.8 8.6 126
Sargents Mesa 11490 3.2 3.0 107 5.7 4.2 136
Schofield Pass 10640 4.6 8.8 52 8.4 10.2 82
Slumgullion 11560 3.6 4.8 75 7.9 5.1 155
Upper Taylor 10710 2.4 3.1 77 5.0 5.6 89
Wager Gulch 11110 2.7 -M * 8.5 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 71 113
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 4.6 6.6 70 6.2 7.5 83
Bear River 9100 1.8 3.0 60 4.2 5.1 82
Beaver Ck Village 8530 1.6 3.2 50 4.4 5.2 85
Berthoud Summit 11300 4.3 4.6 93 5.8 7.4 78
Bison Lake 10950 3.0 7.2 42 7.5 8.6 87
Buffalo Park 9240 2.7 4.0 68 4.9 5.5 89
Castle Peak 11500 3.0 -M * 8.3 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 2.6 3.9 67 4.6 5.3 87
Columbine 9170 5.6 5.2 108 7.8 7.6 103
Copper Mountain 10500 2.4 4.4 55 4.0 5.0 80
Elliot Ridge 10550 2.7 4.0 68 5.3 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 4.3 -M * 5.2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 2.6 4.8 54 3.8 5.3 72
Grizzly Peak 11110 3.3 5.0 66 4.4 5.4 81
High Lonesome 10630 3.4 -M * 4.5 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 2.7 4.9 55 3.8 5.4 70
Independence Pass 10570 2.3 5.3 43 3.6 6.2 58
Ivanhoe 10540 3.8 4.3 88 4.8 6.7 72
Jones Pass 10420 2.5 4.3 58 5.0 6.5 77
Kiln 9610 2.1 3.2 66 3.3 4.8 69
Lake Irene 10680 4.4 5.9 75 6.0 7.0 86
Lynx Pass 8910 2.0 3.0 67 4.5 4.4 102
Mc Clure Pass 8760 2.4 3.9 62 7.0 7.1 99
Mccoy Park 9500 1.3 3.7 35 6.0 6.2 97
Mesa Lakes 10160 2.4 4.5 53 8.5 6.8 125
Middle Fork Camp 8960 1.8 3.3 55 3.0 5.0 60
Nast Lake 8710 1.8 1.8 100 2.8 3.8 74
North Lost Trail 9190 3.2 4.2 76 7.4 7.3 101
Overland Res. 9890 1.7 3.0 57 5.7 5.9 97
Park Reservoir 9990 3.9 6.3 62 10.1 8.6 117
Phantom Valley 9030 1.8 2.7 67 3.5 4.6 76
Schofield Pass 10640 4.6 8.8 52 8.4 10.2 82
Stillwater Creek 8760 1.6 -M * 2.3 3.2 72
Summit Ranch 9350 2.0 3.0 67 3.6 4.6 78
Vail Mountain 10290 2.7 4.8 56 5.3 6.8 78
Willow Creek Pass 9520 1.8 4.3 42 3.7 4.8 77
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Basin Index (%) 63 86
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 3.6 4.2 86 4.4 6.6 67
Berthoud Summit 11300 4.3 4.6 93 5.8 7.4 78
Black Mountain 8950 1.7 3.5 49 3.1 5.7 54
Buckskin Joe 11160 1.6 3.0 53 3.2 5.0 64
Copeland Lake 8570 1.5 1.4 107 3.4 4.5 76
Deadman Hill 10240 3.8 5.4 70 4.4 5.7 77
Echo Lake 10660 1.1 1.9 58 2.9 3.6 81
Hoosier Pass 11600 2.7 4.9 55 3.8 5.4 70
Hourglass Lake 9380 2.4 3.2 75 3.8 5.5 69
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 2.4 3.4 71 5.4 5.2 104
Joe Wright 10140 3.6 6.3 57 7.6 9.0 84
Lake Eldora 9700 2.1 3.1 68 4.5 5.4 83
Lake Irene 10680 4.4 5.9 75 6.0 7.0 86
Long Draw Resv 9990 5.5 4.8 115 5.0 6.1 82
Loveland Basin 11410 4.0 5.7 70 4.6 6.3 73
Michigan Creek 10700 2.3 2.8 82 4.8 4.8 100
Niwot 9940 2.2 3.3 67 4.5 5.2 87
Rough And Tumble 10420 1.3 1.8 72 2.6 3.0 87
Sawtooth 9640 4.8 -M * 7.1 -M *
University Camp 10330 2.6 4.0 65 5.8 6.4 91
Wild Basin 9410 2.6 4.0 65 3.6 6.1 59
Willow Park 10710 4.2 4.7 89 7.2 7.4 97
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Basin Index (%) 73 79
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 4.6 6.6 70 6.2 7.5 83
Blackhall Mtn 9830 5.5 8.7 63 8.5 9.8 87
Columbine 9170 5.6 5.2 108 7.8 7.6 103
Deadman Hill 10240 3.8 5.4 70 4.4 5.7 77
Joe Wright 10140 3.6 6.3 57 7.6 9.0 84
Never Summer 10300 4.4 5.9 75 3.5 6.0 58
Rawah 9100 1.7 3.2 53 3.8 6.0 63
Roach 9710 3.2 4.8 67 5.4 6.5 83
Tower 10610 8.9 12.0 74 11.1 12.5 89
Whiskey Park 8950 6.4 6.8 94 11.4 9.4 121
Willow Creek Pass 9520 1.8 4.3 42 3.7 4.8 77
Zirkel 9320 6.8 6.1 111 10.6 9.6 110
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Basin Index (%) 75 89
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 1.9 2.4 79 6.2 5.0 124
Bear River 9100 1.8 3.0 60 4.2 5.1 82
Bison Lake 10950 3.0 7.2 42 7.5 8.6 87
Buffalo Park 9240 2.7 4.0 68 4.9 5.5 89
Burro Mountain 9290 2.0 3.9 51 6.4 6.6 97
Columbine 9170 5.6 5.2 108 7.8 7.6 103
Crosho 8960 2.0 2.8 71 4.8 5.2 92
Divide Peak 8700 3.6 5.4 67 6.7 7.3 92
Dry Lake 8240 4.0 5.4 74 6.5 8.4 77
Elk River 8710 3.8 4.0 95 7.9 6.1 130
Elkhead Divide 8780 3.2 -M * 7.3 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 5.9 5.8 102 11.4 10.9 105
Lost Dog 9340 5.5 4.8 115 7.9 7.6 104
Lynx Pass 8910 2.0 3.0 67 4.5 4.4 102
Old Battle 9850 7.1 8.8 81 12.7 11.0 115
Rabbit Ears 9390 4.0 6.0 67 7.2 10.0 72
Ripple Creek 10340 4.0 7.2 56 6.9 8.2 84
Sage Creek Basin 7830 2.1 3.4 62 4.6 5.0 92
Sandstone RS 8150 3.1 2.8 111 6.2 6.0 103
Tower 10610 8.9 12.0 74 11.1 12.5 89
Trapper Lake 9750 3.0 -M * 4.9 6.2 79
Whiskey Park 8950 6.4 6.8 94 11.4 9.4 121
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Basin Index (%) 76 97
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .6 1.0 60 2.7 4.4 61
Brumley 10570 1.9 3.4 56 3.2 4.8 67
Fremont Pass 11310 2.6 4.8 54 3.8 5.3 72
Glen Cove 11410 1.7 .9 189 4.0 4.0 100
Hayden Pass 10700 3.7 3.6 103 7.2 3.9 185
Medano Pass 9650 2.2 1.7 129 5.3 3.2 166
Porphyry Creek 10790 4.4 4.1 107 6.6 4.6 143
Saint Elmo 10420 1.8 3.1 58 5.1 4.1 124
South Colony 10790 4.5 5.5 82 10.6 7.0 151
Ute Creek 10730 1.7 3.4 50 4.9 5.1 96
Whiskey Ck 10260 2.3 2.4 96 3.4 5.2 65
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Basin Index (%) 81 110
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11600 3.9 5.7 68 15.8 8.6 184
Cochetopa Pass 10020 2.1 1.2 175 3.7 2.4 154
Culebra #2 10570 3.0 3.4 88 3.6 4.4 82
Cumbres Trestle 10030 4.0 6.2 65 9.2 7.9 116
Elwood Pass 11680 5.0 -M * 12.0 -M *
Grayback 11620 3.1 -M * 7.4 5.6 132
Hayden Pass 10700 3.7 3.6 103 7.2 3.9 185
Lily Pond 11060 2.8 3.4 82 8.5 6.6 129
Medano Pass 9650 2.2 1.7 129 5.3 3.2 166
Middle Creek 11260 3.2 5.8 55 13.8 8.0 172
Moon Pass 11110 1.9 1.9 100 4.6 3.1 148
North Costilla 10570 .9 2.0 45 2.6 4.8 54
Rat Creek 11680 4.1 -M * 8.3 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 1.4 -M * 2.7 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 3.2 3.0 107 5.7 4.2 136
Shuree 10080 1.6 1.4 114 2.6 3.0 87
Slumgullion 11560 3.6 4.8 75 7.9 5.1 155
Trinchera 10850 2.2 2.9 76 3.5 3.8 92
Upper Rio Grande 9370 1.5 1.6 94 10.0 4.1 244
Ute Creek 10730 1.7 3.4 50 4.9 5.1 96
Wager Gulch 11110 2.7 -M * 8.5 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 5.4 8.9 61 15.6 10.4 150
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Basin Index (%) 77 140
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11600 3.9 5.7 68 15.8 8.6 184
Black Mesa 11580 4.3 -M * 8.0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M 2.3 * -M 6.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 1.4 2.4 58 10.2 6.3 162
Columbine Pass 9160 3.1 3.1 100 7.5 6.5 115
Columbus Basin 10780 4.4 6.2 71 13.3 9.6 139
El Diente Peak 10210 2.8 2.9 97 8.5 6.3 135
Elwood Pass 11680 5.0 -M * 12.0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 3.0 4.0 75 8.1 5.9 137
Lone Cone 9730 3.3 4.2 79 7.7 6.1 126
Mancos 10020 3.2 4.0 80 7.0 6.0 117
Mineral Creek 10030 2.6 3.8 68 9.1 6.2 147
Molas Lake 10610 2.7 4.6 59 9.6 6.8 141
Red Mountain Pass 11050 3.9 6.2 63 10.8 8.6 126
Scotch Creek 9160 2.7 2.6 104 6.7 5.6 120
Sharkstooth 10730 3.2 4.4 73 8.6 7.6 113
Spud Mountain 10660 4.0 5.7 70 13.1 9.4 139
Stump Lakes 11230 3.7 4.8 77 13.6 6.6 206
Upper San Juan 10140 4.7 7.0 67 16.5 11.2 147
Vallecito 10740 3.0 3.3 91 12.0 6.5 185
Weminuche Creek 10730 3.6 3.0 120 14.5 8.0 181
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 5.4 8.9 61 15.6 10.4 150
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Basin Index (%) 74 146
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