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 MONDAY: SEPTEMBER 28 , 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 * 20.5 26.6 77
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 13.5 17.2 78
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.4 33.8 84
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 28.9 31.3 92
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.0 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 25.3 33.6 75
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 22.7 29.5 77
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * 18.0 19.7 91
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.4 39.7 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 23.3 26.6 88
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 24.5 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 35.9 41.4 87
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.2 23.9 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 40.3 46.8 86
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 21.2 23.8 89
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 23.7 30.8 77
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 21.6 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 84
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.9 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.2 24.4 79
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.4 26.6 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 28.2 40.2 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.8 40.6 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.0 24.8 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 19.8 31.3 63
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.9 29.2 65
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 22.1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .1 -M * 22.8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.0 29.3 61
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.5 30.8 73
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 21.2 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.9 29.4 68
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 19.5 30.0 65
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.9 35.1 60
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 26.3 34.1 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.6 23.9 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.4 34.9 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.1 23.0 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.0 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.5 28.5 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 25.3 33.6 75
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 17.0 25.7 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 13.2 20.6 64
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 26.0 35.4 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 22.7 29.5 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.4 39.7 89
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.5 24.2 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 40.3 46.8 86
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.8 18.4 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 17.6 24.4 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.5 34.6 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 23.0 26.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 24.2 33.6 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 28.2 40.2 70
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 17.3 27.1 64
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 17.0 28.7 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .1 .0 * 19.0 27.2 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.4 74
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 21.1 26.2 81
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.9 29.4 68
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.8 25.0 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 29.0 30.6 95
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.2 43.6 81
Lake Eldora 9700 1.0 .0 * -M 30.1 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.4 34.9 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.2 28.4 85
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.3 33.4 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 22.2 28.2 79
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 25.1 30.3 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 12.9 20.0 64
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 33.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 29.1 36.0 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 23.5 30.4 77
Willow Park 10710 -M .0 * -M 37.1 *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.9 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 34.8 43.7 80
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.6 30.4 74
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.2 43.6 81
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 24.5 32.6 75
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 21.3 28.4 75
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.5 32.7 75
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.0 57.9 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.1 42.0 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 23.0 26.2 88
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 38.2 43.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 23.8 24.0 99
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.2 24.4 79
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 32.8 40.6 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.0 24.8 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.5 26.3 86
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 26.6 31.6 84
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 30.6 37.4 82
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 28.3 31.1 91
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.7 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 40.8 47.2 86
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.5 36.6 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.1 23.0 74
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 42.7 50.1 85
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 37.6 45.2 83
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.3 38.6 73
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 18.1 21.7 83
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.2 27.4 85
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.0 57.9 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.8 31.8 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 37.1 42.0 88
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 15.4 26.0 59
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 18.2 23.4 78
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.0 29.3 61
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * 23.9 29.9 80
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 22.8 26.6 86
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 19.5 23.8 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 23.3 26.6 88
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 19.4 24.7 79
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 30.8 42.2 73
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 18.6 30.0 62
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 15.7 32.6 48
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Basin Index (%) * 72
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 42.0 38.8 108
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .2 .0 * 13.5 17.2 78
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 15.1 27.0 56
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .2 .0 * 30.3 38.7 78
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 38.8 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 24.2 32.0 76
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 22.8 26.6 86
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 24.2 31.2 78
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 19.5 23.8 82
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 38.4 38.9 99
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 15.0 19.8 76
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 17.4 27.2 64
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 24.5 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 12.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.2 23.9 76
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 12.1 19.8 61
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 21.2 23.8 89
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 12.0 22.3 54
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 22.4 19.0 118
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 18.6 30.0 62
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 21.6 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 43.5 49.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 81
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 42.0 38.8 108
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 37.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 32.9 31.4 105
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 28.4 33.8 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 43.8 42.6 103
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 31.6 32.3 98
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 38.8 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 26.4 27.4 96
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.9 33.4 93
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 26.5 30.7 86
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 30.0 30.5 98
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 31.4 33.2 95
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 35.9 41.4 87
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 24.3 27.9 87
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 31.9 39.3 81
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 48.2 45.3 106
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 37.9 34.8 109
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 47.1 51.0 92
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 38.3 30.8 124
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 40.3 40.2 100
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 43.5 49.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 97
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