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: JULY 9 , 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 * 14.5 20.5 71
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.9 11.0 63
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.6 83
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 18.4 25.2 73
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.7 25.6 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.4 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.5 21.4 77
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 13.1 15.0 87
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 27.3 32.4 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.8 78
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 24.6 32.6 75
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 12.0 16.5 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 30.5 39.2 78
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 14.1 18.6 76
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 17.0 24.6 69
Wager Gulch 11110 -M -M * 14.5 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 77
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 23.4 31.6 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.2 61
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.4 20.5 65
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 23.5 34.0 69
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 25.2 33.8 75
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 22.0 61
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.3 25.1 57
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 33.8 79
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * -M 23.6 *
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 17.3 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 18.8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.2 23.0 57
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 16.7 25.4 66
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 17.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.1 23.4 60
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 14.4 24.3 59
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 14.8 29.5 50
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 19.3 27.1 71
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.7 19.6 55
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.2 29.6 78
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.4 61
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.7 25.6 81
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.5 22.8 77
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.4 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 12.3 21.1 58
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.6 16.4 59
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 21.2 28.0 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.5 21.4 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 27.3 32.4 84
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 14.8 19.8 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 30.5 39.2 78
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.8 15.2 64
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 13.1 19.4 68
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * -M 29.4 *
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 16.2 21.8 74
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Basin Index (%) * 69
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 19.7 28.4 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 23.5 34.0 69
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.4 21.4 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 11.7 20.0 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 16.1 21.8 74
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.0 26.4 68
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 13.7 20.0 68
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.1 23.4 60
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 15.1 20.6 73
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .2 .0 * 20.0 25.6 78
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.7 36.8 78
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.3 25.4 68
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.2 29.6 78
Long Draw Resv 9980 .1 .0 * 19.6 25.2 78
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * -M 26.8 *
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 14.9 22.2 67
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 19.4 25.2 77
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 8.8 14.2 62
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 28.4 -M *
University Camp 10330 .1 .0 * 23.1 30.0 77
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 20.0 24.4 82
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 26.4 31.8 83
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Basin Index (%) * 72
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 23.4 31.6 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 29.9 42.0 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 33.8 79
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.0 26.4 68
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.7 36.8 78
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 17.9 26.8 67
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 16.9 23.9 71
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 20.2 28.3 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.2 37.8 85
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 16.2 21.8 74
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 33.2 38.5 86
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Basin Index (%) * 76
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 18.4 20.8 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 19.2 61
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 25.2 33.8 75
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 22.0 61
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 19.3 27.6 70
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 33.8 79
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 15.8 21.8 72
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.6 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.2 73
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 22.8 26.4 86
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 34.3 43.0 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 25.1 32.6 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.4 61
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 35.4 45.6 78
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 29.7 41.0 72
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 22.8 33.8 67
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.0 17.6 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.5 80
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 16.6 27.0 61
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.2 37.8 85
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Basin Index (%) * 75
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 10.2 19.3 53
Brumley 10570 -M .0 * 12.0 19.2 62
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.2 23.0 57
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 13.2 20.2 65
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.5 19.6 79
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.1 18.2 77
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.8 78
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 12.8 17.9 72
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 22.5 30.7 73
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.6 23.4 58
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 10.5 23.6 44
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Basin Index (%) * 65
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 29.1 30.0 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.9 11.0 63
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 10.2 20.8 49
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 23.6 31.0 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 29.0 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 17.5 23.7 74
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.5 19.6 79
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 18.4 24.4 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.1 18.2 77
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 25.5 28.4 90
Moon Pass 11110 .1 .0 * 8.7 12.4 70
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 11.2 19.6 57
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 -M -M * 8.9 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 12.0 16.5 73
Shuree 10070 -M .0 * 7.4 13.6 54
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 14.1 18.6 76
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.4 18.0 52
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 14.7 13.2 111
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.6 23.4 58
Wager Gulch 11110 -M -M * 14.5 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 34.2 39.6 86
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Basin Index (%) * 75
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 29.1 30.0 97
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 25.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 24.2 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 20.3 23.0 88
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.6 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 26.4 33.2 80
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 21.1 25.4 83
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 29.0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.7 21.4 78
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 20.0 25.0 80
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * 15.2 21.9 69
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 18.7 22.6 83
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 20.4 25.4 80
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 24.6 32.6 75
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 15.0 22.2 68
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.1 76
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 30.7 35.8 86
Stump Lakes 11230 -M .0 * -M 25.8 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 36.6 40.2 91
Vallecito 10740 .3 .0 * 22.2 23.3 95
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 26.8 26.0 103
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 34.2 39.6 86
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Basin Index (%) * 84
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