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: OCTOBER 6 , 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 .3 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .1 .1 100
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * -M .3 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * .1 .3 33
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .1 .7 14
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * .0 .5 0
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .0 *
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * .0 .6 0
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Upper Taylor 10710 1.9 .0 * .1 .3 33
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * .0 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 13
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .0 .5 0
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .2 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .4 0
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * .1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
High Lonesome 10630 .2 -M * -M -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .2 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .1 .7 14
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * .0 .6 0
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * -M .1 *
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * .0 .3 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .2 50
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Basin Index (%) 1400* 5
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .3 0
Lake Eldora 9700 .8 .0 * -M .1 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
Rough And Tumble 10420 .4 .0 * -M .0 *
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
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Basin Index (%) * 4
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .0 .5 0
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * -M .4 *
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .4 0
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .3 0
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * .1 .4 25
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .1 .2 50
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
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Basin Index (%) 1800* 7
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * -M .2 *
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * -M .4 *
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * .0 .4 0
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * .0 .2 0
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * .1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * .1 .6 17
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .2 0
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * -M .3 *
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .1 .0 * .1 .2 50
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * .0 .2 0
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
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Basin Index (%) * 5
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 1.3 .1 1300
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * -M .2 *
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * .0 .1 0
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * .4 .2 200
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .2 200
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * .3 .1 300
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Basin Index (%) * 179
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * .0 .4 0
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * .1 .1 100
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * .7 .1 700
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * -M .2 *
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * .1 .4 25
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * .2 .1 200
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * .0 .5 0
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * .0 .0 *
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .0 *
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .2 .0 *
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * .4 .1 400
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .2 200
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * .0 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * .3 .4 75
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Basin Index (%) * 93
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * .0 .4 0
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M .3 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * .1 .3 33
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * -M .2 *
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * -M .4 *
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * .0 .5 0
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * .0 .2 0
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * -M .4 *
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * .2 .5 40
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * .3 .4 75
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Basin Index (%) * 17
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