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 MONDAY: OCTOBER 12 , 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 * .0 .8 0
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .2 .4 50
Columbine Pass 9160 .2 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * .7 1.2 58
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M 1.0 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 1.5 1.0 150
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Park Cone 9600 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 2.2 1.0 220
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .1 .5 20
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .8 1.4 57
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .4 .3 133
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * .6 1.3 46
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .3 33* .3 .8 38
Upper Taylor 10710 .1 .0 * .3 1.0 30
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 367* 79
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .3 0* .4 .8 50
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .3 1.2 25
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .1 .7 14
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Bison Lake 10950 .3 .2 150* 1.9 1.2 158
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .8 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .1 0* .1 .7 14
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .5 1.2 42
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .2 0* .4 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .3 33* .0 .6 0
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
High Lonesome 10630 .2 -M * .0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .1 0* .0 .6 0
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .0 * .2 .8 25
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * .1 .7 14
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .1 1.0 10
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .1 0* .1 .7 14
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .1 .6 17
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M 1.0 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * .2 .9 22
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 1.5 1.0 150
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * .1 .7 14
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * .4 1.2 33
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 2.2 1.0 220
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .2 .4 50
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * .6 1.3 46
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .0 .3 0
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .0 * .1 .8 12
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * .1 .6 17
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Basin Index (%) 269* 46
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * .2 .9 22
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * .0 1.2 0
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .1 0* .0 .7 0
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .6 17* .0 .6 0
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * -M .6 *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .1 0* .0 .6 0
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .2 0* .0 .8 0
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .1 0* .1 .8 12
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .4 50* -M 1.4 *
Lake Eldora 9700 1.0 .0 * -M .6 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .1 0* .1 .7 14
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .4 0* .1 1.2 8
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .4 25* .1 .8 12
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Rough And Tumble 10420 .8 .0 * .0 .6 0
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * .0 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * .0 .7 0
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
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Basin Index (%) 112* 5
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .3 0* .4 .8 50
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .2 .6 33* .3 1.3 23
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .5 1.2 42
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .6 17* .0 .6 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .4 50* -M 1.4 *
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .8 275* .0 1.0 0
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * .0 1.2 0
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Tower 10610 .0 1.0 0* .9 1.4 64
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * .1 1.2 8
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * .1 .6 17
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * .7 1.6 44
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Basin Index (%) 114* 26
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .3 .0 * .2 .8 25
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .3 1.2 25
Bison Lake 10950 .3 .2 150* 1.9 1.2 158
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .8 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .2 .0 * .9 1.1 82
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .5 1.2 42
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * .4 .6 67
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * .3 1.3 23
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * .5 1.4 36
Elk River 8710 .2 .0 * .5 1.1 45
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * .4 1.7 24
Lost Dog 9350 .1 .0 * .7 1.4 50
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .1 .6 17
Old Battle 9840 .2 .6 33* .9 1.2 75
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 .0 * .2 1.6 12
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * .7 1.1 64
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .1 .0 * .7 .7 100
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * .3 .9 33
Tower 10610 .0 1.0 0* .9 1.4 64
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 1.1 1.2 92
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * .1 1.2 8
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Basin Index (%) 178* 51
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 1.9 .4 475
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * .2 .6 33
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .3 33* .0 .6 0
Glen Cove 11410 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * .6 .2 300
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .8 .5 160
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .1 .5 20
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * .0 .7 0
South Colony 10790 .2 .1 200* 1.5 .9 167
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
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Basin Index (%) 250* 111
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * 1.3 1.6 81
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .2 .4 50
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * .6 .7 86
Elwood Pass 11680 .3 -M * 1.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 1.2 1.0 120
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * .6 .2 300
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .8 .5 160
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * 1.9 1.2 158
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * .6 .3 200
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .4 .3 133
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .2 .1 200
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .3 33* .3 .8 38
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * 1.3 .6 217
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * .7 1.0 70
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 1.0 .9 111
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 2.0 1.2 167
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Basin Index (%) 633* 126
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * 1.3 1.6 81
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 1.0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 1.1 *
Cascade #2 8990 .2 .0 * .8 1.0 80
Columbine Pass 9160 .2 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 1.2 1.5 80
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * .5 .8 62
Elwood Pass 11680 .3 -M * 1.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .1 .0 * .5 .9 56
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * .5 .9 56
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * .6 .9 67
Mineral Creek 10030 .1 .0 * .8 1.2 67
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 1.0 1.2 83
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .8 1.4 57
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * .4 .9 44
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * -M 1.4 *
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.2 83
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * .7 1.0 70
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 1.6 1.2 133
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * .8 .9 89
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 1.0 1.1 91
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 2.0 1.2 167
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Basin Index (%) * 86
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