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: AUGUST 24 , 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 * 16.2 23.4 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.4 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.1 15.4 66
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.2 30.7 82
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 24.0 29.0 83
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.6 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.0 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.7 26.0 76
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 14.5 17.8 81
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.1 36.5 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.4 24.2 80
Rat Creek 11680 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.3 38.8 76
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.8 21.4 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 33.1 44.4 75
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.3 22.2 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.7 28.2 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.0 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.3 34.4 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.2 22.0 74
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.6 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.6 37.4 68
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.4 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.9 23.6 63
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.4 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 28.9 51
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.6 80
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.8 27.2 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.3 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.3 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.4 60
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.4 28.2 72
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.0 27.5 65
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.8 27.8 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.1 33.0 58
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 24.0 31.8 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.1 21.9 55
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.4 33.1 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 13.4 20.6 65
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 29.6 74
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 21.1 25.6 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.0 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * 15.3 24.2 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.7 19.2 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.8 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.7 26.0 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.1 36.5 82
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.5 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * 33.1 44.4 75
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.4 17.1 73
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.1 71
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 19.9 32.8 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.8 84
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 22.4 31.9 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.6 37.4 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.1 24.6 65
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.5 25.1 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 17.9 25.0 72
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.2 72
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 18.8 24.2 78
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.0 27.5 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 17.2 23.8 72
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 25.9 28.4 91
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 31.7 40.1 79
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.8 28.4 70
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.4 33.1 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 21.9 26.9 81
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.4 30.6 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.0 25.8 78
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.1 28.4 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.6 17.8 60
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 30.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 27.0 33.4 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 21.5 28.2 76
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 30.7 34.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.3 34.4 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .3 .0 * 31.4 42.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.6 80
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.2 72
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 31.7 40.1 79
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * -M 29.6 *
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.0 26.0 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 21.8 31.0 70
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.1 55.4 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.2 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 20.0 23.8 84
Zirkel 9320 -M .0 * -M 41.0 *
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Basin Index (%) * 78
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 19.1 22.2 86
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.2 22.0 74
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.4 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.9 23.6 63
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.2 30.0 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.6 80
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.5 24.2 81
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 22.7 29.6 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 26.2 36.2 72
Elk River 8710 1.2 .0 * 23.8 28.4 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.3 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.4 45.2 78
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.2 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 13.4 20.6 65
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * -M 47.8 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 32.5 43.5 75
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.7 36.5 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.4 19.5 79
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.4 77
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.1 55.4 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.9 30.0 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.2 84
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Basin Index (%) * 76
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 13.2 24.0 55
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.4 21.8 71
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.4 60
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 21.4 26.1 82
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 18.3 24.2 76
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 21.7 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.4 24.2 80
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.6 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 25.5 38.7 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.7 27.8 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.8 30.3 42
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .0 .0 * 34.3 34.0 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.1 15.4 66
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.0 25.4 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 26.0 34.8 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.4 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 20.3 30.2 67
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 18.3 24.2 76
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.4 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 21.7 82
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 31.2 32.8 95
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.3 17.2 72
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 14.8 24.4 61
Rat Creek 11680 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.8 21.4 74
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 9.9 17.8 56
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.3 22.2 78
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 10.2 20.8 49
Upper Rio Grande 9370 -M .0 * -M 16.3 *
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.7 27.8 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.0 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.4 44.6 82
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .0 .0 * 34.3 34.0 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 33.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 28.7 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 25.1 27.4 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.2 30.7 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 34.2 39.0 88
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.5 28.6 93
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.4 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 21.1 25.8 82
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.5 29.6 90
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 21.0 28.0 75
Mineral Creek 10030 .6 .0 * 23.9 27.4 87
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.6 28.8 85
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.3 38.8 76
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 20.0 25.4 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 26.7 35.0 76
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 38.1 41.0 93
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.2 30.5 96
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 39.4 45.8 86
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 27.5 27.4 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.7 32.2 98
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.4 44.6 82
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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