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 WEDNESDAY: MAY 27 , 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 * 14.3 18.0 79
Castle Peak 11510 6.3 -M * 26.9 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.9 27.0 85
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 17.9 23.6 76
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.8 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 1.6 6* 19.7 25.8 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.8 82
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 12.4 13.6 91
Park Reservoir 9990 2.9 15.3 19 27.1 30.8 88
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .2 0* 16.3 20.1 81
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 10.5 0 24.0 31.0 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .1 0* 11.8 15.8 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 17.5 1 29.7 36.8 81
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .2 50* 13.7 16.8 82
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.6 75
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 14.1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 8* 81
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .8 14.2 6 22.7 28.6 79
Bear River 9100 .0 .4 0* 11.3 17.9 63
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.2 18.9 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 12.6 0 22.8 30.9 74
Bison Lake 10950 3.5 21.2 17 24.6 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .1 0* 13.3 20.8 64
Castle Peak 11510 6.3 -M * 26.9 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .2 3.1 6 14.1 22.7 62
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.7 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 3.1 0 13.6 22.0 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 11.0 0 17.1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 1.7 -M * 18.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 5.2 15.6 33 12.4 20.9 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .1 5.1 2 15.9 23.8 67
High Lonesome 10630 -M -M * 17.6 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .3 8.2 4 12.8 21.1 61
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .2 100* 13.5 22.4 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .2 3.0 7 14.5 26.9 54
Jones Pass 10430 .0 8.4 0 18.8 25.6 73
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.4 18.0 58
Lake Irene 10680 .2 12.6 2 22.7 26.9 84
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.8 17.0 64
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 23.8 86
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.4 21.4 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 1.6 6* 19.7 25.8 76
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 11.7 19.8 59
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.4 15.1 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 20.7 26.4 78
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.8 82
Park Reservoir 9990 2.9 15.3 19 27.1 30.8 88
Phantom Valley 9030 .1 .0 * 14.6 17.6 83
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 17.5 1 29.7 36.8 81
Stillwater Creek 8760 .1 -M * 9.6 13.6 71
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 12.7 17.3 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 4.7 0 16.8 26.7 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .2 5.6 4 15.4 18.2 85
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Basin Index (%) 9 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 8.2 0 19.5 25.1 78
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 12.6 0 22.8 30.9 74
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 13.1 19.5 67
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 5.4 2 10.4 17.6 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .1 .0 * 15.3 19.0 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 12.4 2 17.7 24.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .2 3.0 7 12.1 16.7 72
Hoosier Pass 11600 .3 8.2 4 12.8 21.1 61
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .4 0* 15.0 18.1 83
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .2 2.8 7 18.5 22.4 83
Joe Wright 10140 .3 15.5 2 27.5 34.4 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 16.8 23.4 72
Lake Irene 10680 .2 12.6 2 22.7 26.9 84
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 8.8 0 19.1 23.4 82
Loveland Basin 11410 6.1 15.8 39 15.7 24.6 64
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 1.8 6 13.5 20.6 66
Niwot 9940 .1 1.6 6 19.0 22.8 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .2 .0 * 8.3 12.1 69
Sawtooth 9640 2.1 -M * 27.6 -M *
University Camp 10330 6.3 13.4 47 22.6 28.1 80
Wild Basin 9410 .1 2.6 4 18.8 21.6 87
Willow Park 10710 .3 7.6 4 25.8 29.2 88
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Basin Index (%) 11 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .8 14.2 6 22.7 28.6 79
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 28.5 0 29.2 40.7 72
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.7 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .2 12.4 2 17.7 24.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .3 15.5 2 27.5 34.4 80
Never Summer 10300 8.8 18.2 48 17.2 23.3 74
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 16.5 20.9 79
Roach 9710 .1 4.8 2 19.3 24.5 79
Tower 10610 20.4 39.2 52 41.8 50.1 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 13.8 1 31.5 36.0 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .2 5.6 4 15.4 18.2 85
Zirkel 9320 .3 .0 * 32.3 36.4 89
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Basin Index (%) 21 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .1 .0 * 17.9 19.8 90
Bear River 9100 .0 .4 0* 11.3 17.9 63
Bison Lake 10950 3.5 21.2 17 24.6 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .1 0* 13.3 20.8 64
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 18.6 25.3 74
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.7 82
Crosho 8960 .1 .0 * 14.9 20.9 71
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 21.2 26.7 79
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 24.2 30.9 78
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * -M 24.4 *
Elkhead Divide 8780 .8 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 6.9 0 33.2 40.3 82
Lost Dog 9350 .1 3.0 3 -M 30.2 *
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.8 17.0 64
Old Battle 9840 17.5 29.4 60 35.1 42.3 83
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 10.2 1 28.9 37.5 77
Ripple Creek 10340 1.2 16.2 7 22.4 32.0 70
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 14.3 16.9 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.2 22.0 83
Tower 10610 20.4 39.2 52 41.8 50.1 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .1 -M * 16.0 24.2 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 13.8 1 31.5 36.0 88
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Basin Index (%) 31* 78
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 8.4 17.7 47
Brumley 10570 .9 .0 * 11.2 17.6 64
Fremont Pass 11310 5.2 15.6 33 12.4 20.9 59
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * 12.4 16.0 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .5 2.8 18 14.7 18.8 78
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.4 16.3 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .2 0* 16.3 20.1 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 12.0 16.7 72
South Colony 10790 .4 6.4 6 22.3 28.4 79
Ute Creek 10720 .2 .0 * 12.3 21.5 57
Whiskey Ck 10260 .2 .0 * 8.9 20.2 44
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Basin Index (%) 32* 67
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 1.2 25* 28.5 29.4 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.2 65
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 9.1 18.5 49
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .2 .0 * 22.7 29.4 77
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 27.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 16.2 20.9 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .5 2.8 18 14.7 18.8 78
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 17.4 23.3 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.4 16.3 82
Middle Creek 11260 .0 4.6 0 24.9 26.4 94
Moon Pass 11110 .1 .0 * 8.0 11.0 73
North Costilla 10570 .1 .0 * 8.6 17.8 48
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .3 -M * 8.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .1 0* 11.8 15.8 75
Shuree 10070 .2 .0 * 6.0 11.8 51
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .2 50* 13.7 16.8 82
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * 8.5 15.6 54
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 14.2 12.1 117
Ute Creek 10720 .2 .0 * 12.3 21.5 57
Wager Gulch 11110 .1 -M * 14.1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 24.6 0 33.2 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 7* 76
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 1.2 25* 28.5 29.4 97
Black Mesa 11580 8.6 -M * 24.3 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 22.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 19.9 22.2 90
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.9 27.0 85
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 5.8 0 26.0 31.3 83
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 20.7 23.9 87
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 27.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.9 82
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 19.8 23.2 85
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 15.0 21.0 71
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 18.0 20.7 87
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 20.4 24.3 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 10.5 0 24.0 31.0 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 14.9 20.4 73
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 2.4 0 21.6 25.9 83
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .4 25* 30.3 35.0 87
Stump Lakes 11230 -M 8.0 * -M 23.2 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 3.5 0 35.4 39.0 91
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 21.8 21.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 26.3 25.2 104
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 24.6 0 33.2 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 2* 87
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