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 SATURDAY: AUGUST 15 , 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 * 16.2 23.0 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 9.9 15.4 64
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 25.1 30.3 83
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 23.4 28.3 83
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.6 28.8 75
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 21.4 29.8 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.0 78
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 14.4 17.5 82
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.5 35.4 83
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 23.6 81
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.9 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.6 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.5 21.2 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.0 42.9 77
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.1 21.8 78
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.7 27.9 67
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 77
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.0 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.4 76
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 15.6 22.2 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.4 37.1 68
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.4 36.4 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.5 23.1 63
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 28.7 51
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.0 81
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.5 26.3 63
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 20.8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.5 25.6 61
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.2 27.8 73
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 19.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.7 27.0 66
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.5 27.0 61
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 19.1 32.7 58
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 23.7 31.6 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.1 21.6 56
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 26.0 32.8 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 13.1 19.8 66
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.6 28.8 75
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 20.5 25.0 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 21.4 29.8 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 15.1 23.9 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.6 18.9 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.6 31.0 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.0 78
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 29.5 35.4 83
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 16.5 22.2 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.0 42.9 77
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 12.2 16.6 73
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.6 21.4 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 19.3 31.6 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.7 23.4 84
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Basin Index (%) * 71
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 22.0 31.0 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.4 37.1 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 14.8 24.3 61
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.3 24.3 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 17.3 24.4 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.6 28.6 72
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 18.4 23.4 79
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 17.7 27.0 66
Hourglass Lake 9380 1.0 .0 * 16.9 23.4 72
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .4 .0 * 25.5 28.0 91
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.4 39.4 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.2 27.9 69
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 26.0 32.8 79
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 21.4 26.8 80
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.3 29.4 76
Michigan Creek 10700 -M .0 * -M 25.0 *
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 22.7 27.8 82
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.5 17.5 60
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 30.5 -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 26.5 32.8 81
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.8 78
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 30.2 33.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.0 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .4 .0 * 31.1 42.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.0 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.6 28.6 72
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.4 39.4 80
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * -M 29.3 *
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 18.8 25.7 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.2 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.0 55.2 82
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.7 38.7 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 19.7 23.4 84
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 34.8 39.6 88
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .1 .0 * 19.1 21.8 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.4 76
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 28.4 36.4 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 14.5 23.1 63
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.1 29.2 76
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.5 35.0 81
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.2 24.1 80
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 22.6 29.4 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 26.0 35.4 73
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 23.8 28.2 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.4 44.6 79
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.0 78
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 13.1 19.8 66
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * -M 47.4 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 32.2 42.8 75
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.6 36.0 68
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.3 18.4 83
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.6 24.9 79
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.0 55.2 82
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.7 29.5 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.7 38.7 84
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Basin Index (%) * 77
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 13.1 23.3 56
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.1 21.8 69
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.5 25.6 61
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 17.1 25.6 67
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 17.2 23.9 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.2 20.2 85
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.0 23.6 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.5 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 25.0 36.8 68
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.7 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.6 29.2 43
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Basin Index (%) * 65
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 33.7 33.4 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 9.9 15.4 64
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 12.6 24.6 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 25.9 34.5 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 19.6 28.8 68
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 17.2 23.9 72
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.6 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.2 20.2 85
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 30.5 31.7 96
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.0 17.0 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 14.7 23.9 62
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 18.9 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.5 21.2 73
Shuree 10070 -M .0 * 9.3 17.2 54
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.1 21.8 78
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 9.9 20.0 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 16.8 15.7 107
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.4 27.7 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 16.6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.9 44.1 81
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 33.7 33.4 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 32.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 28.2 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 24.8 27.1 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 25.1 30.3 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 32.9 38.0 87
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.4 28.2 94
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 32.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 21.0 25.4 83
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 26.5 28.6 93
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 20.7 27.4 76
Mineral Creek 10030 .5 .0 * 23.7 26.5 89
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.4 28.2 87
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.6 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 19.6 24.8 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 26.0 33.8 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 37.3 40.1 93
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.0 29.4 99
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 38.2 43.9 87
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 27.0 26.7 101
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.2 31.0 101
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 35.9 44.1 81
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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