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: AUGUST 13 , 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 * 16.1 23.0 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 9.7 15.2 64
Columbine Pass 9160 .2 .0 * 25.0 30.0 83
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 23.0 28.2 82
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.0 28.4 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 21.3 29.4 72
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 18.5 25.0 74
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 14.3 17.3 83
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.4 81
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.4 81
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.7 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.4 76
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.1 21.0 72
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 32.9 42.5 77
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.0 21.8 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.6 27.9 67
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 24.6 33.8 73
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 15.8 21.3 74
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 15.1 22.2 68
Berthoud Summit 11300 -M .0 * -M 37.1 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.0 36.2 77
Buffalo Park 9240 -M .0 * -M 23.0 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 28.6 51
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.1 35.0 80
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.2 26.2 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 -M .0 * -M -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 20.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.4 25.6 60
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.6 72
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 19.7 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.2 26.8 64
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.3 26.8 61
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 18.2 32.7 56
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 23.4 31.5 74
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 11.7 21.6 54
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 25.8 32.8 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 12.6 19.8 64
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.0 28.4 74
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 19.7 24.9 79
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 21.3 29.4 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 14.9 23.9 62
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 10.8 18.8 57
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.2 30.6 73
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 18.5 25.0 74
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 28.6 35.4 81
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 16.3 22.0 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 32.9 42.5 77
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.0 16.4 73
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.5 21.4 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 18.7 31.4 60
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.6 23.2 84
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 21.9 30.7 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 -M .0 * -M 37.1 *
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 14.5 24.2 60
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 14.1 24.3 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 17.2 24.3 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.5 71
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 17.7 23.2 76
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.2 26.8 64
Hourglass Lake 9380 1.0 .0 * 16.4 23.4 70
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 24.3 28.0 87
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 30.9 39.4 78
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 18.7 27.9 67
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 25.8 32.8 79
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 20.9 26.8 78
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.1 29.4 75
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.8 76
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 21.8 27.8 78
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.5 17.4 60
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 30.4 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 25.7 32.6 79
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 20.9 26.8 78
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 29.9 33.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 74
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 24.6 33.8 73
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 30.9 42.2 73
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.1 35.0 80
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.3 28.5 71
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 30.9 39.4 78
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 20.9 29.0 72
Rawah 9100 .3 .0 * -M 25.6 *
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * -M 30.2 *
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 44.7 55.1 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.6 38.6 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.6 23.2 84
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * 34.8 39.6 88
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .1 .0 * 18.8 21.8 86
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 15.8 21.3 74
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.0 36.2 77
Buffalo Park 9240 -M .0 * -M 23.0 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 21.7 29.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.1 35.0 80
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.1 79
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 22.3 29.3 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.8 35.4 73
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 23.8 27.9 85
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.3 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.4 44.2 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.2 34.0 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 12.6 19.8 64
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 34.6 47.4 73
Rabbit Ears 9390 -M .0 * -M 42.6 *
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.3 35.5 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.3 18.4 83
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.5 24.8 79
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 44.7 55.1 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.4 29.1 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.6 38.6 84
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Basin Index (%) * 77
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 12.9 23.3 55
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 14.9 21.8 68
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.4 25.6 60
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 16.4 25.6 64
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 17.2 23.8 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 16.9 19.9 85
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.4 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 15.8 22.5 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 25.0 36.8 68
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.6 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.5 29.0 43
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Basin Index (%) * 65
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.4 33.4 100
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 9.7 15.2 64
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 12.6 24.2 52
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 25.9 34.2 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 19.6 28.4 69
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 17.2 23.8 72
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.4 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 16.9 19.9 85
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 30.3 31.6 96
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 11.6 16.8 69
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 13.9 23.7 59
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.7 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.1 21.0 72
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 9.2 17.1 54
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.0 21.8 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.8 19.8 49
Upper Rio Grande 9370 -M .0 * -M 15.6 *
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.6 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.8 44.0 81
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 33.4 33.4 100
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 32.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 28.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 24.6 27.0 91
Columbine Pass 9160 .2 .0 * 25.0 30.0 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 32.8 38.0 86
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.3 27.8 95
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 20.9 25.2 83
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.3 28.2 93
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 20.6 27.0 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .5 .0 * 23.1 26.5 87
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.2 27.8 87
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.4 76
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 19.6 24.8 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 25.8 33.8 76
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 36.9 39.4 94
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 28.8 29.1 99
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 38.2 43.6 88
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 26.8 26.4 102
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.0 30.3 102
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.8 44.0 81
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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