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: SEPTEMBER 17 , 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 * 19.0 25.2 75
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 34.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 12.3 16.6 74
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 26.6 32.0 83
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 26.6 30.7 87
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.2 31.4 80
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 23.5 31.5 75
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.2 76
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * -M 18.8 *
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 33.3 38.6 86
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 21.6 25.9 83
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.8 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.6 40.7 80
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.1 22.9 75
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 37.9 46.2 82
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 19.3 23.5 82
Upper Taylor 10710 .9 .0 * 21.5 30.8 70
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.0 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 27.6 36.0 77
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.6 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 17.9 24.1 74
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.2 39.0 70
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 31.4 39.5 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 17.2 24.3 71
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 34.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.1 49
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 30.8 36.6 84
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.1 28.8 63
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 21.4 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.3 28.2 61
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.2 72
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.7 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.9 29.0 65
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 18.5 29.3 63
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.3 35.0 58
Jones Pass 10430 1.1 .0 * 25.9 33.6 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.2 23.2 57
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 27.6 34.4 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.9 74
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 25.2 31.4 80
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 23.4 27.4 85
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 23.5 31.5 75
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .3 .0 * 17.0 25.1 68
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 12.7 20.6 62
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 25.1 34.0 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 21.3 28.2 76
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 33.3 38.6 86
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 17.9 23.4 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 37.9 46.2 82
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.3 17.8 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 17.3 23.5 74
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.1 33.6 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 21.9 24.9 88
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 23.6 33.0 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.2 39.0 70
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 16.8 26.5 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 16.0 27.3 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.8 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.3 75
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 19.8 26.0 76
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.9 29.0 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.5 24.8 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 27.5 29.8 92
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.0 42.2 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.6 71
Lake Irene 10680 .1 .0 * 27.6 34.4 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.7 28.4 83
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 23.6 32.2 73
Michigan Creek 10700 -M .0 * -M 27.7 *
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 24.4 30.2 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .2 .0 * 11.7 19.7 59
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 32.6 -M *
University Camp 10330 .1 .0 * 28.4 35.5 80
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 22.9 29.9 77
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * 31.9 36.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 27.6 36.0 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 33.3 43.1 77
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 30.8 36.6 84
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.3 75
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 34.0 42.2 81
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.6 31.2 76
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 20.3 27.5 74
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 23.4 32.2 73
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.6 56.6 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 35.6 41.1 87
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 21.9 24.9 88
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 37.1 41.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 22.6 23.8 95
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 18.1 23.6 77
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 31.4 39.5 79
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 17.2 24.3 71
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 24.7 31.3 79
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 30.8 36.6 84
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 21.7 25.4 85
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 25.2 31.0 81
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.2 77
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 26.8 30.4 88
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 25.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 38.2 46.5 82
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 28.3 35.0 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 16.3 21.9 74
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 40.7 49.6 82
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 35.8 44.4 81
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 27.1 37.6 72
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 17.2 21.0 82
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 22.0 26.8 82
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 47.6 56.6 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 22.5 31.1 72
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 35.6 41.1 87
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Basin Index (%) * 81
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .2 .0 * 14.4 25.7 56
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 17.1 23.2 74
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.3 28.2 61
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.2 28.3 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 20.1 25.5 79
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.6 23.6 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 21.6 25.9 83
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 17.5 24.0 73
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 28.0 41.2 68
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.5 29.3 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 14.6 32.0 46
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Basin Index (%) * 68
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 37.3 36.4 102
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 12.3 16.6 74
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.8 26.7 52
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.9 37.6 72
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.9 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.9 31.3 70
Hayden Pass 10700 .4 .0 * 20.1 25.5 79
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.4 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.6 23.6 79
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 33.5 36.9 91
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 13.8 19.0 73
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.1 26.5 61
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 21.8 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.9 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.1 22.9 75
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 10.8 19.1 57
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 19.3 23.5 82
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.0 22.1 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 18.6 18.4 101
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.5 29.3 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.0 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 37.8 46.9 81
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 37.3 36.4 102
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 36.0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.4 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 27.8 30.0 93
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 26.6 32.0 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 37.4 40.6 92
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 29.9 30.9 97
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 35.9 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 24.1 27.3 88
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 29.7 32.4 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 23.4 30.1 78
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 26.7 29.3 91
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 27.2 31.5 86
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 32.6 40.7 80
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 21.6 27.2 79
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 28.9 37.4 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 42.7 44.2 97
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 31.6 33.6 94
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 40.7 50.4 81
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 30.4 29.8 102
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 33.4 37.6 89
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 37.8 46.9 81
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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