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: OCTOBER 8 , 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 * -M .4 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .1 .1 100
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M .8 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * .1 .7 14
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .5 .8 62
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * .0 .9 0
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * .1 .3 33
Upper Taylor 10710 1.9 .0 * .1 .5 20
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .2 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 17
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .2 .6 33
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .1 .6 17
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * -M .6 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .1 100* .1 .8 12
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .4 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .1 .5 20
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * .1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .1 100* .0 .4 0
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
High Lonesome 10630 .1 -M * .0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * .1 .5 20
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * .0 .5 0
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .4 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M .8 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * .1 .7 14
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .5 .8 62
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * .0 .9 0
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .0 .2 0
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * -M .3 *
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * .0 .5 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .4 25
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Basin Index (%) 800* 12
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * -M .6 *
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .2 50* .0 .4 0
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .6 0
Lake Eldora 9700 .9 .0 * -M .3 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .4 *
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * .1 .7 14
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Rough And Tumble 10420 .4 .0 * .1 .2 50
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * -M .4 *
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
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Basin Index (%) 1150* 3
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .2 .6 33
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * .0 .7 0
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .1 .5 20
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .2 50* .0 .4 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .6 0
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .1 2200* .1 .6 17
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * .0 .7 0
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Tower 10610 .0 .1 0* .0 .8 0
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .4 25
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * .1 .6 17
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Basin Index (%) 600* 8
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * .0 .6 0
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .1 .6 17
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .1 100* .1 .8 12
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .4 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * -M .8 *
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .1 .5 20
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * .1 .6 17
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * .1 .8 12
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * .2 .6 33
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .1 .0 * .1 .5 20
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Tower 10610 .0 .1 0* .0 .8 0
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * .3 .6 50
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
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Basin Index (%) 950* 11
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 1.3 .2 650
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .1 100* .0 .4 0
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * .0 .2 0
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .2 .3 67
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * .4 .6 67
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .2 200
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * .3 .3 100
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Basin Index (%) 900* 84
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * .0 .8 0
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .1 .1 100
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * .7 .2 350
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * .1 .5 20
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * .3 .4 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .2 .3 67
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .2 .0 *
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * .1 .3 33
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * .4 .1 400
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * .2 .4 50
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .2 200
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .2 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .4 1.0 40
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Basin Index (%) * 54
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * .0 .8 0
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M .6 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * .2 .4 50
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * .2 .6 33
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * .2 .4 50
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * .2 .6 33
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * .2 .8 25
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * .2 .9 22
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .4 1.0 40
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Basin Index (%) * 18
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