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 TUESDAY: SEPTEMBER 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 * 16.6 24.4 68
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.4 16.2 70
Columbine Pass 9160 .3 .0 * 25.6 31.0 83
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 25.4 30.2 84
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.7 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 22.4 31.0 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 27.6 72
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 15.5 18.4 84
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.2 37.6 86
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.8 25.0 83
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 20.6 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 30.7 40.2 76
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 34.0 45.4 75
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.9 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 19.3 30.1 64
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 35.4 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 17.7 22.8 78
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.8 23.1 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.4 38.4 69
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.8 38.6 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 16.5 23.9 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 29.6 49
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.3 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 17.2 28.2 61
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 20.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.6 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.8 29.6 70
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.4 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 28.2 65
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 17.1 28.8 59
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.5 34.4 57
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 24.5 33.1 74
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.3 22.5 55
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.3 33.6 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 15.4 21.4 72
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.7 74
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 22.0 26.7 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 22.4 31.0 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 16.1 24.3 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.8 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 23.3 32.5 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 27.6 72
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.2 37.6 86
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 17.6 22.8 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 34.0 45.4 75
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.0 17.6 74
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 16.2 23.0 70
Vail Mountain 10290 .1 .0 * 20.4 33.2 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.2 24.6 86
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Basin Index (%) * 71
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 23.0 32.2 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.4 38.4 69
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.6 24.9 67
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.9 26.3 57
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.5 25.8 72
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.4 29.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.2 25.2 76
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 28.2 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.1 24.0 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * 26.5 28.7 92
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.4 41.3 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.8 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.3 33.6 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.0 27.4 84
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.4 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.2 26.8 75
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.2 82
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.9 18.2 60
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 32.3 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 27.9 34.4 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.0 78
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 31.5 35.2 89
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 35.4 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 32.0 42.8 75
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.3 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.4 29.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.4 41.3 81
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 22.9 30.4 75
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.1 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.6 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.6 55.7 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 39.8 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.2 24.6 86
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 36.4 41.4 88
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Basin Index (%) * 80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 21.0 22.8 92
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 17.7 22.8 78
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.8 38.6 80
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 16.5 23.9 69
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 23.5 30.6 77
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.3 82
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 20.8 24.7 84
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 23.8 30.0 79
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 27.9 36.5 76
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 25.4 29.3 87
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 24.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .3 .0 * 37.0 46.0 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 27.6 34.7 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 15.4 21.4 72
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 36.4 48.4 75
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 34.8 43.8 79
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 26.2 37.0 71
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.3 80
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.2 80
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.6 55.7 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 21.2 30.6 69
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 39.8 87
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Basin Index (%) * 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 14.2 25.6 55
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.7 22.6 69
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.6 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.0 27.3 81
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 18.6 25.1 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.2 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.8 25.0 83
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 16.6 23.7 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 26.7 40.1 67
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.1 28.6 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 13.7 31.6 43
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 35.8 35.4 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 11.4 16.2 70
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.6 26.6 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.1 36.0 72
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.0 30.7 68
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 18.6 25.1 74
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.1 30.0 70
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.2 82
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 32.6 35.6 92
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.7 17.8 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 15.3 25.6 60
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 20.6 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.5 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.2 75
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 10.4 18.6 56
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.9 78
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 10.8 21.4 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 18.0 17.7 102
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.1 28.6 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 46.0 80
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .1 .0 * 35.8 35.4 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 34.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 30.3 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 26.6 28.9 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .3 .0 * 25.6 31.0 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 35.7 40.2 89
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 27.4 29.8 92
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 22.3 26.8 83
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 27.6 30.7 90
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 22.0 28.8 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 25.1 28.4 88
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 25.6 30.2 85
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 30.7 40.2 76
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 20.6 26.2 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 28.2 36.7 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 40.3 42.3 95
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 30.1 32.3 93
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 39.6 49.0 81
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 28.7 28.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 32.6 33.5 97
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 46.0 80
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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