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 SUNDAY: AUGUST 30 , 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 * 16.5 23.8 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.2 16.0 64
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.4 30.8 82
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 24.5 29.4 83
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.0 30.0 73
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.6 71
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.8 26.8 74
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 15.3 18.0 85
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.8 36.8 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.9 24.6 81
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.3 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.7 39.7 75
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.0 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.5 44.5 75
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.6 22.7 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.9 28.8 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.2 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 25.8 34.8 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.9 22.4 75
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.1 23.1 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.7 37.9 68
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 29.5 38.2 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 15.6 23.8 66
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 29.5 49
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.1 35.9 81
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.8 28.0 60
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.4 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.3 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.8 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.5 29.4 70
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.1 27.6 66
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 16.8 28.3 59
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.2 33.7 57
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 24.1 32.2 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.2 22.4 54
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 26.7 33.2 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 14.4 20.8 69
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.0 30.0 73
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 21.4 26.2 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.6 71
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 15.4 24.3 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.7 19.5 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.8 32.0 71
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.8 26.8 74
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.8 36.8 84
Phantom Valley 9030 .5 .0 * 17.0 22.6 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.5 44.5 75
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.4 17.4 71
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.9 22.6 70
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 20.0 33.0 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 20.3 24.1 84
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 22.6 32.2 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.7 37.9 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.3 24.6 66
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.5 26.0 56
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.0 25.6 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.0 24.6 77
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.1 27.6 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 17.6 23.8 74
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 26.3 28.6 92
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 32.2 41.0 79
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.9 28.6 70
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 26.7 33.2 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 22.3 27.2 82
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.5 31.2 72
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.1 26.2 77
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.2 28.9 80
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.8 17.9 60
Sawtooth 9640 .9 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 27.2 33.8 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.4 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 30.9 35.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 25.8 34.8 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 31.7 42.2 75
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.1 35.9 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 32.2 41.0 79
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 22.2 30.0 74
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.4 26.6 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 22.5 31.2 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.9 55.4 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 33.7 39.2 86
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 20.3 24.1 84
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 36.1 41.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 19.8 22.4 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.9 22.4 75
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 29.5 38.2 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 15.6 23.8 66
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.7 30.2 75
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.1 35.9 81
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 20.0 24.4 82
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 23.1 30.0 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 27.2 36.2 75
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 24.7 28.7 86
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.9 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 36.2 45.2 80
Lost Dog 9350 .1 .0 * 27.2 34.2 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 14.4 20.8 69
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 35.4 48.0 74
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 33.8 43.6 78
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 25.4 36.6 69
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.7 19.9 79
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 20.2 25.8 78
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.9 55.4 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 20.4 30.4 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 33.7 39.2 86
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Basin Index (%) * 78
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 13.6 25.2 54
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.5 22.4 69
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.8 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 21.6 26.7 81
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.6 24.5 76
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.2 81
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.9 24.6 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 16.0 23.5 68
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 26.0 39.9 65
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.9 28.4 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.9 31.3 41
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 34.8 34.6 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 10.2 16.0 64
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.0 25.6 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.0 35.6 73
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.7 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 20.5 30.4 67
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.6 24.5 76
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.4 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.2 81
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 31.6 33.8 93
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.4 17.6 70
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 15.0 25.0 60
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.3 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.6 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.0 73
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 10.0 18.1 55
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.6 22.7 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 10.3 21.2 49
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 17.6 17.1 103
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.9 28.4 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.2 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.5 44.8 81
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 34.8 34.6 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 33.8 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 29.5 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 25.9 28.0 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.4 30.8 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 34.7 39.4 88
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.7 29.4 91
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.7 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 21.4 26.0 82
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.8 29.8 90
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 21.0 28.4 74
Mineral Creek 10030 .6 .0 * 24.2 27.8 87
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.8 29.8 83
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.7 39.7 75
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 20.0 25.8 78
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 27.4 35.5 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 39.4 41.4 95
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.5 31.2 95
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 39.5 46.8 84
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 27.9 28.2 99
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 32.0 32.9 97
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.5 44.8 81
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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