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 1 , 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 26.8 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * -M -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * -M 17.6 *
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 29.5 34.1 87
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 29.8 31.6 94
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.5 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 26.1 33.8 77
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 23.1 29.8 78
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * -M 20.0 *
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 36.5 39.8 92
Porphyry Creek 10790 .2 .0 * -M 26.6 *
Rat Creek 11680 .7 -M * 26.2 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 37.3 41.4 90
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * -M 24.1 *
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * -M 46.8 *
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 22.4 24.2 93
Upper Taylor 10710 2.0 .0 * -M 30.8 *
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * 23.7 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 87*
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.3 76
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.1 24.7 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * -M 27.0 *
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 28.4 40.4 70
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 33.3 41.0 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.2 25.0 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * -M -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * -M 31.5 *
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.3 66
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * -M -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .1 -M * 22.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.4 29.3 63
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.7 30.8 74
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 21.3 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 20.5 29.6 69
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * -M 30.0 *
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * -M 35.4 *
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 26.3 34.2 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * -M 24.0 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.7 35.0 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * 17.2 23.2 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.5 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * -M 28.8 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 26.1 33.8 77
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * 17.1 25.7 67
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * -M 20.6 *
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * -M 35.4 *
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 23.1 29.8 78
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 36.5 39.8 92
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.6 24.4 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * -M 46.8 *
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.8 18.8 73
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 17.7 24.4 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * -M 34.6 *
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 23.1 26.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 76
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 24.3 33.8 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 28.4 40.4 70
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 17.4 27.6 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 17.7 28.8 61
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 19.1 27.2 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.6 74
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 21.6 26.3 82
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 20.5 29.6 69
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.8 25.0 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 29.5 30.6 96
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.6 43.6 82
Lake Eldora 9700 1.0 .0 * 21.4 30.1 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.7 35.0 82
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.2 28.4 85
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.5 33.4 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 22.9 28.3 81
Niwot 9940 .2 .0 * 25.2 30.4 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * -M 20.1 *
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 33.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 29.1 36.2 80
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 23.6 30.6 77
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * 32.7 37.3 88
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Basin Index (%) * 77
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.3 76
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 35.1 43.9 80
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.6 74
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.6 43.6 82
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 24.7 32.6 76
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 21.4 28.4 75
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.7 32.8 75
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.2 58.4 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.4 42.6 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 23.1 26.2 88
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 38.3 43.3 88
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Basin Index (%) * 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 24.3 24.0 101
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.1 24.7 77
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 33.3 41.0 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.2 25.0 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 26.2 31.9 82
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.6 26.4 86
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 27.1 32.0 85
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 31.0 37.9 82
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 28.4 31.2 91
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.8 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 41.0 47.4 86
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.7 37.6 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * 17.2 23.2 74
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 43.0 50.2 86
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 37.8 45.2 84
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.6 39.1 73
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.4 81
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.6 27.6 86
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.2 58.4 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.9 32.0 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.4 42.6 88
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .2 .0 * -M 26.0 *
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * -M 23.7 *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.4 29.3 63
Glen Cove 11410 .8 .0 * -M 30.0 *
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * -M 27.6 *
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * -M 23.8 *
Porphyry Creek 10790 .2 .0 * -M 26.6 *
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * -M 24.7 *
South Colony 10790 .3 .0 * -M 42.5 *
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * -M 30.2 *
Whiskey Ck 10260 .2 .0 * -M 32.8 *
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Basin Index (%) * 63*
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * 44.0 39.0 113
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * -M 17.6 *
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * -M 27.2 *
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * 33.6 38.7 87
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 41.4 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 26.6 32.6 82
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * -M 27.6 *
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 26.2 31.6 83
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * -M 23.8 *
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * 41.4 39.4 105
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * -M 19.8 *
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 19.0 27.5 69
Rat Creek 11680 .7 -M * 26.2 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 15.0 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * -M 24.1 *
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 14.7 19.8 74
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 22.4 24.2 93
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * -M 22.6 *
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 24.1 19.0 127
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * -M 30.2 *
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * 23.7 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 47.1 49.8 95
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Basin Index (%) * 93
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * 44.0 39.0 113
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 38.6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 32.3 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 34.0 31.4 108
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 29.5 34.1 87
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 46.6 43.2 108
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 32.5 32.4 100
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 41.4 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 27.4 27.6 99
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 32.1 34.1 94
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 28.4 30.7 93
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 31.3 30.6 102
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 32.8 33.9 97
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 37.3 41.4 90
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 25.8 28.3 91
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * 34.1 39.4 87
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 49.4 45.4 109
Stump Lakes 11230 .1 .0 * 40.3 35.1 115
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 50.1 51.0 98
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 40.6 30.9 131
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 42.9 41.5 103
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 47.1 49.8 95
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Basin Index (%) * 101
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