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 4 , 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 * -M .1 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * .1 .0 *
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * -M .1 *
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M .1 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * .0 .1 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .0 *
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * .1 .2 50
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Upper Taylor 10710 1.9 .0 * .1 .1 100
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * .1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 38
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .2 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .2 0
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * .1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * -M .1 *
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
High Lonesome 10630 .2 -M * .0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .0 * .1 .1 100
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * .0 .1 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M .1 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * .1 .2 50
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .0 .1 0
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * .0 .0 *
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * .0 .1 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .1 100
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Basin Index (%) * 24
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * -M .1 *
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Lake Eldora 9700 .9 .0 * -M .0 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * .0 .0 *
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * -M .0 *
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * .0 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * -M .0 *
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
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Basin Index (%) * 0
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * -M .3 *
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .2 0
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .1 100
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
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Basin Index (%) * 5
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * .0 .1 0
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .2 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .2 0
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * .0 .0 *
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * .0 .1 0
Old Battle 9840 -M .0 * -M .0 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * .0 .0 *
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
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Basin Index (%) * 0
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 1.3 .0 *
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * -M .1 *
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * .0 .0 *
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * .3 .0 *
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .0 *
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * .3 .1 300
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Basin Index (%) * 480
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * -M .1 *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * .1 .0 *
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * .6 .1 600
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * -M .0 *
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .0 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * .1 .1 100
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * -M .0 *
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * -M .0 *
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .0 *
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .1 .0 *
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * .4 .0 *
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .0 *
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * .1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .2 .1 200
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Basin Index (%) * 350
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * -M .1 *
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M .1 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * -M .1 *
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * .0 .1 0
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * -M .1 *
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * .0 .1 0
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * .1 .0 *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .2 .1 200
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Basin Index (%) * 23
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