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 THURSDAY: JULY 23 , 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 * 15.2 21.6 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * -M -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 7.7 13.0 59
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 23.9 28.4 84
Idarado 9780 -M .0 * -M 26.0 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.6 79
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.0 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.9 22.7 74
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 13.4 16.0 84
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.8 33.2 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.2 21.6 80
Rat Creek 11680 .3 -M * 16.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 26.6 34.2 78
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.7 18.8 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.8 39.9 80
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.1 19.6 77
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.9 69
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 15.1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 77
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * -M 31.8 *
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 14.4 20.0 72
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 14.4 20.6 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.4 34.6 71
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 27.1 34.4 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.7 22.0 62
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * -M -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * -M 26.9 *
Columbine 9170 -M .0 * -M 34.4 *
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 14.4 24.4 59
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 17.9 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 19.6 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.4 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 17.8 26.2 68
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 19.1 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 15.1 24.7 61
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 15.4 25.0 62
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 16.8 30.6 55
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 21.0 29.1 72
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 11.1 20.3 55
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 24.0 30.5 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.9 18.9 63
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.6 79
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 18.2 23.8 76
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.0 73
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 13.6 21.9 62
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.9 17.1 58
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 22.0 29.0 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.9 22.7 74
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.8 33.2 84
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 15.3 20.8 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.8 39.9 80
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 10.0 15.6 64
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 14.8 19.9 74
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 17.8 30.2 59
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 18.3 22.3 82
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 20.6 29.2 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.4 34.6 71
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.7 22.1 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 12.3 21.3 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 16.7 22.3 75
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.9 27.8 68
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 14.8 21.0 70
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 15.1 24.7 61
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 15.8 21.6 73
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 23.2 26.6 87
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 29.7 37.6 79
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.5 26.0 67
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 24.0 30.5 79
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 20.2 26.3 77
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 18.2 27.8 65
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 15.8 22.8 69
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 19.7 25.8 76
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 9.4 14.8 64
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 29.0 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 23.5 30.6 77
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 20.4 25.2 81
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 28.1 32.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 73
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * -M 31.8 *
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 30.2 42.0 72
Columbine 9170 -M .0 * -M 34.4 *
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.9 27.8 68
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 29.7 37.6 79
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 19.3 27.6 70
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 17.2 24.7 70
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 20.7 29.2 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.7 54.2 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.3 38.2 85
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 18.3 22.3 82
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 34.8 38.9 89
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Basin Index (%) * 77
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 -M .0 * 18.6 21.4 87
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 14.4 20.0 72
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 27.1 34.4 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.7 22.0 62
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.2 73
Columbine 9170 -M .0 * -M 34.4 *
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 17.2 22.6 76
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 22.0 28.6 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.6 72
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 22.9 27.1 85
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 34.8 43.4 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 25.4 33.0 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.9 18.9 63
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 34.9 46.1 76
Rabbit Ears 9390 -M .0 * -M 41.2 *
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 23.4 34.4 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.2 17.9 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.6 77
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.7 54.2 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 17.4 27.4 64
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.3 38.2 85
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Basin Index (%) * 76
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 10.4 20.4 51
Brumley 10570 -M .0 * 12.6 20.0 63
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.4 58
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 14.4 21.4 67
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 15.8 21.3 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.6 19.2 76
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.2 21.6 80
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 13.0 19.3 67
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 23.9 33.6 71
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.8 25.4 54
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 11.2 25.1 45
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Basin Index (%) * 64
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 30.6 30.8 99
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 7.7 13.0 59
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 11.7 21.7 54
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 24.9 31.9 78
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.1 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 18.2 25.2 72
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 15.8 21.3 74
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 18.9 25.4 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.6 19.2 76
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 27.4 29.8 92
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 9.4 14.2 66
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 12.5 20.9 60
Rat Creek 11680 .3 -M * 16.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 9.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.7 18.8 73
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 7.7 15.7 49
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.1 19.6 77
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.5 18.8 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 15.2 14.2 107
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.8 25.4 54
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 15.1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.1 41.8 84
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 30.6 30.8 99
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 30.9 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 25.5 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 22.7 24.8 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 23.9 28.4 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 31.7 35.6 89
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 24.4 26.0 94
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.1 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 19.6 22.6 87
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 24.5 26.2 94
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * 17.4 22.9 76
Mineral Creek 10030 -M .0 * 20.6 23.4 88
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 22.3 26.7 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 26.6 34.2 78
Scotch Creek 9160 -M .0 * 18.2 23.2 78
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 24.6 30.8 80
Spud Mountain 10660 -M .0 * 33.8 36.6 92
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 26.1 26.8 97
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 37.6 41.2 91
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 25.0 24.5 102
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 29.0 27.4 106
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.1 41.8 84
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Basin Index (%) * 89
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