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 WEDNESDAY: SEPTEMBER 23 , 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 * 20.3 26.5 77
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 13.0 17.0 76
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.0 33.4 84
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 28.0 31.2 90
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 31.7 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.9 32.4 77
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 22.2 29.4 76
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * 17.6 19.3 91
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.0 39.3 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.7 26.3 86
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 23.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 34.8 41.4 84
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.7 23.7 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 39.5 46.6 85
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.3 23.8 85
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 23.4 30.8 76
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * -M -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 82
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.6 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.7 24.2 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.4 25.0 74
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.8 40.1 69
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.5 40.3 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.9 24.5 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 31.1 47
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.6 37.0 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.6 29.1 64
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 21.9 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .1 -M * 22.6 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 28.8 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.4 73
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 21.1 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.3 29.4 66
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .0 * 19.4 29.6 66
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.7 35.0 59
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 26.2 33.9 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.8 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.6 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.0 22.6 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 31.7 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.4 27.8 88
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 24.9 32.4 77
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 * 25.8 35.0 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 22.2 29.4 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.0 39.3 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.4 24.0 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 39.5 46.6 85
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.7 18.2 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 17.5 24.0 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.3 34.0 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 22.9 25.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 24.1 33.4 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.8 40.1 69
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 17.2 26.6 65
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 16.3 28.6 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.9 27.2 69
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 29.8 76
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 20.6 26.2 79
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.3 29.4 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.6 24.8 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 28.2 30.2 93
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 42.8 82
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.9 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.6 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.1 28.4 85
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.1 32.9 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 21.8 28.0 78
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 24.7 30.3 82
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 12.0 19.8 61
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 33.2 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 28.9 36.0 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 23.3 30.4 77
Willow Park 10710 -M .0 * -M 36.8 *
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.6 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 34.8 43.2 81
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.6 37.0 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 29.8 76
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 42.8 82
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 24.4 32.2 76
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.0 76
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.5 32.7 75
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.8 57.6 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.0 41.6 89
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 22.9 25.6 89
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 38.1 42.9 89
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Basin Index (%) * 82
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 23.7 24.0 99
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.7 24.2 77
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.5 40.3 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 17.9 24.5 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 25.6 31.7 81
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.6 37.0 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.4 26.2 85
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 26.4 31.4 84
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 30.6 37.4 82
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 28.1 31.1 90
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.6 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .5 .0 * 40.6 46.6 87
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.4 36.2 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.0 22.6 75
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 42.4 50.0 85
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 37.2 44.8 83
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.2 38.2 74
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 18.0 21.7 83
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.1 27.2 85
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.8 57.6 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.6 31.6 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.0 41.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.6 25.9 56
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 18.0 23.4 77
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 28.8 62
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.6 29.4 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 21.1 25.8 82
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.7 80
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 22.7 26.3 86
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 18.9 24.6 77
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 28.9 42.2 68
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.8 29.8 60
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 14.9 32.6 46
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Basin Index (%) * 69
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 40.5 38.7 105
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 13.0 17.0 76
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 14.3 26.8 53
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .2 .0 * 29.3 38.4 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 37.4 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 23.0 31.8 72
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 21.1 25.8 82
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.2 73
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.7 80
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * 36.7 38.8 95
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 14.4 19.5 74
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.5 26.6 62
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 23.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 11.6 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.7 23.7 75
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 11.2 19.7 57
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.3 23.8 85
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.4 22.2 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 20.9 18.6 112
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.8 29.8 60
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * -M -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.9 48.4 85
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Basin Index (%) * 77
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 40.5 38.7 105
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 37.0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 31.2 30.8 101
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.0 33.4 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 41.6 42.4 98
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 31.0 31.8 97
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 37.4 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .1 .0 * 25.7 27.4 94
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.5 33.2 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 25.8 30.7 84
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 28.9 30.2 96
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 29.7 33.2 89
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 34.8 41.4 84
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 23.3 27.8 84
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 30.9 38.0 81
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 46.2 45.2 102
Stump Lakes 11230 .1 .0 * 35.8 34.4 104
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 45.0 50.9 88
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 35.7 30.3 118
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 38.1 39.5 96
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.9 48.4 85
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Basin Index (%) * 94
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