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 FRIDAY: SEPTEMBER 25 , 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 * 20.4 26.5 77
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 13.4 17.2 78
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.3 33.5 84
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 28.4 31.2 91
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 25.2 33.4 75
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.4 77
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * 17.8 19.4 92
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.3 39.7 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 23.0 26.5 87
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 24.0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 35.3 41.4 85
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.8 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 39.8 46.7 85
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.6 23.8 87
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 23.6 30.8 77
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 21.0 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 83
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.8 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.7 24.4 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.3 25.4 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 27.9 40.2 69
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.6 40.4 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.0 24.6 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 19.6 31.2 63
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.7 37.2 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.7 29.2 64
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 22.0 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .1 -M * 22.7 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 29.2 61
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.6 73
High Lonesome 10630 .1 -M * 21.1 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .1 .0 * 19.5 29.4 66
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .0 * 19.4 29.7 65
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.8 35.0 59
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 26.3 33.9 78
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.8 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.9 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.1 23.0 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.4 28.0 87
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 25.2 33.4 75
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 17.0 25.7 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 13.2 20.6 64
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 25.9 35.4 73
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.4 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.3 39.7 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.4 24.1 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 39.8 46.7 85
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.8 18.3 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 17.6 24.3 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .0 * 21.4 34.1 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 22.9 25.7 89
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 24.2 33.5 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 27.9 40.2 69
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 17.3 27.1 64
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 16.6 28.6 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .1 .0 * 19.0 27.2 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.0 75
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 21.0 26.2 80
Hoosier Pass 11600 .1 .0 * 19.5 29.4 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 18.8 24.9 76
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 28.8 30.6 94
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 43.2 81
Lake Eldora 9700 1.1 .0 * -M 30.1 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.9 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.2 28.4 85
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.1 33.3 72
Michigan Creek 10700 .2 .0 * 22.1 28.1 79
Niwot 9940 .2 .0 * 25.0 30.3 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .2 .0 * 12.8 19.9 64
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 33.4 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 29.0 36.0 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 23.4 30.4 77
Willow Park 10710 -M .0 * -M 37.1 *
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.8 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 34.7 43.7 79
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.7 37.2 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.0 75
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 43.2 81
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 24.4 32.5 75
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 21.3 28.2 76
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.5 32.7 75
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.9 57.6 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.0 41.9 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 22.9 25.7 89
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 38.1 43.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 82
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 23.8 24.0 99
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.7 24.4 77
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.6 40.4 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.0 24.6 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .2 .0 * 25.9 31.8 81
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.7 37.2 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.5 26.2 86
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 26.4 31.4 84
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 30.6 37.4 82
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 28.1 31.1 90
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.7 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 40.6 47.2 86
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.4 36.4 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.1 23.0 74
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 42.4 50.1 85
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 .0 * 37.4 45.1 83
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.2 38.4 73
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 18.0 21.7 83
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.1 27.4 84
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.9 57.6 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.8 31.6 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.0 41.9 88
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .2 .0 * 15.4 26.0 59
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 18.1 23.4 77
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 29.2 61
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * 23.4 29.6 79
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 22.2 26.0 85
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 19.5 23.8 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 23.0 26.5 87
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 19.2 24.7 78
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * 30.2 42.2 72
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 18.6 29.8 62
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 15.7 32.6 48
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Basin Index (%) * 71
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 41.4 38.8 107
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 13.4 17.2 78
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 15.1 27.0 56
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .2 .0 * 30.2 38.6 78
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 38.2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 23.9 31.8 75
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 22.2 26.0 85
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 23.8 31.2 76
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 19.5 23.8 82
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * 37.5 38.9 96
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 14.8 19.7 75
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 17.4 26.6 65
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 24.0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 12.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.8 76
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 12.1 19.8 61
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.6 23.8 87
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * 11.9 22.2 54
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 21.7 18.8 115
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 18.6 29.8 62
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 21.0 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 41.9 49.0 86
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Basin Index (%) * 80
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 41.4 38.8 107
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 37.6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 31.9 31.4 102
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.3 33.5 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 42.8 42.6 100
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 31.5 32.3 98
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 38.2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .1 .0 * 26.1 27.4 95
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.9 33.2 93
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 26.3 30.7 86
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 29.4 30.3 97
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 30.4 33.2 92
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 35.3 41.4 85
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 23.9 27.8 86
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * 31.3 39.2 80
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 47.0 45.2 104
Stump Lakes 11230 .1 .0 * 37.0 34.7 107
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 45.9 50.9 90
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 37.1 30.6 121
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 39.0 40.0 98
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 41.9 49.0 86
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Basin Index (%) * 95
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