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 SUNDAY: JANUARY 4 , 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 3.9 5.6 70 5.8 7.2 81
Castle Peak 11510 4.8 -M * 10.8 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 2.3 2.2 105 3.9 3.6 108
Columbine Pass 9160 5.1 6.8 75 10.5 9.4 112
Idarado 9780 3.3 5.6 59 9.6 8.8 109
Mc Clure Pass 8760 3.1 6.9 45 8.2 9.9 83
Mesa Lakes 10160 3.0 6.4 47 9.3 9.4 99
Overland Res. 9890 2.0 5.3 38 6.9 8.0 86
Park Cone 9600 2.2 4.2 52 4.8 5.6 86
Park Reservoir 9990 5.3 10.1 52 11.6 12.4 94
Porphyry Creek 10790 5.4 6.6 82 7.6 6.7 113
Rat Creek 11680 4.5 -M * 8.7 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 5.3 10.0 53 12.5 12.0 104
Sargents Mesa 11490 3.6 4.3 84 6.3 5.6 112
Schofield Pass 10640 7.6 13.0 58 11.3 13.8 82
Slumgullion 11560 4.1 6.6 62 8.2 6.8 121
Upper Taylor 10710 3.7 5.8 64 6.3 8.3 76
Wager Gulch 11110 2.8 -M * 8.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 60 96
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 6.9 10.4 66 8.4 10.6 79
Bear River 9100 2.3 4.6 50 4.7 6.8 69
Beaver Ck Village 8530 2.2 4.9 45 5.1 7.0 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 5.0 7.7 65 7.7 10.0 77
Bison Lake 10950 4.9 10.8 45 10.0 12.3 81
Buffalo Park 9240 3.7 5.8 64 6.0 7.6 79
Castle Peak 11510 4.8 -M * 10.8 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 3.4 7.0 49 5.5 8.2 67
Columbine 9170 8.5 9.2 92 10.8 11.0 98
Copper Mountain 10500 3.2 6.5 49 4.9 6.9 71
Elliot Ridge 10550 4.6 7.5 61 6.4 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 5.8 -M * 6.8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 3.2 7.1 45 4.5 7.2 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 4.2 7.4 57 5.2 7.2 72
High Lonesome 10630 4.6 -M * 5.6 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 3.2 6.8 47 4.2 7.0 60
Independence Pass 10570 3.2 7.4 43 4.6 7.8 59
Ivanhoe 10540 4.5 6.1 74 5.5 9.0 61
Jones Pass 10430 3.5 6.5 54 6.4 9.2 70
Kiln 9610 2.7 5.2 52 3.9 6.6 59
Lake Irene 10680 6.1 9.6 64 7.6 9.4 81
Lynx Pass 8910 2.5 4.7 53 5.0 5.7 88
Mc Clure Pass 8760 3.1 6.9 45 8.2 9.9 83
Mccoy Park 9500 1.8 6.0 30 7.1 8.4 85
Mesa Lakes 10160 3.0 6.4 47 9.3 9.4 99
Middle Fork Camp 8960 2.5 5.1 49 3.9 6.6 59
Nast Lake 8710 2.5 3.2 78 3.6 5.6 64
North Lost Trail 9190 4.1 6.4 64 8.6 9.8 88
Overland Res. 9890 2.0 5.3 38 6.9 8.0 86
Park Reservoir 9990 5.3 10.1 52 11.6 12.4 94
Phantom Valley 9030 2.7 4.4 61 4.6 6.6 70
Schofield Pass 10640 7.6 13.0 58 11.3 13.8 82
Stillwater Creek 8760 1.8 -M * 3.0 4.4 68
Summit Ranch 9350 2.7 4.6 59 4.6 5.9 78
Vail Mountain 10290 3.6 7.6 47 6.0 9.2 65
Willow Creek Pass 9520 2.5 6.0 42 4.5 6.6 68
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Basin Index (%) 55 76
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 5.2 6.2 84 5.8 8.6 67
Berthoud Summit 11300 5.0 7.7 65 7.7 10.0 77
Black Mountain 8940 2.7 5.0 54 4.3 6.8 63
Buckskin Joe 11160 1.7 3.9 44 3.8 6.3 60
Copeland Lake 8570 .2 2.7 7 4.1 5.8 71
Deadman Hill 10240 5.8 7.9 73 6.2 8.2 76
Echo Lake 10660 .7 2.4 29 3.2 4.6 70
Hoosier Pass 11600 3.2 6.8 47 4.2 7.0 60
Hourglass Lake 9380 4.0 4.8 83 5.4 6.6 82
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 2.9 5.1 57 6.5 7.3 89
Joe Wright 10140 4.6 9.0 51 10.0 11.8 85
Lake Eldora 9700 2.6 4.8 54 5.4 7.2 75
Lake Irene 10680 6.1 9.6 64 7.6 9.4 81
Long Draw Resv 9980 7.4 7.5 99 6.9 9.0 77
Loveland Basin 11410 4.9 7.9 62 5.5 8.2 67
Michigan Creek 10700 2.2 4.4 50 5.5 6.6 83
Niwot 9940 2.9 4.9 59 5.6 6.4 88
Rough And Tumble 10420 1.2 2.6 46 2.9 3.8 76
Sawtooth 9640 6.6 -M * 9.4 -M *
University Camp 10330 3.7 5.8 64 7.5 8.2 91
Wild Basin 9410 -M 6.4 * -M 8.2 *
Willow Park 10710 5.9 6.8 87 10.0 9.4 106
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Basin Index (%) 63 78
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 6.9 10.4 66 8.4 10.6 79
Blackhall Mtn 9830 9.3 12.7 73 12.5 14.4 87
Columbine 9170 8.5 9.2 92 10.8 11.0 98
Deadman Hill 10240 5.8 7.9 73 6.2 8.2 76
Joe Wright 10140 4.6 9.0 51 10.0 11.8 85
Never Summer 10300 5.8 8.6 67 4.2 8.4 50
Rawah 9100 2.9 5.2 56 5.2 7.8 67
Roach 9710 4.4 6.8 65 7.0 9.2 76
Tower 10610 15.6 17.0 92 17.6 17.9 98
Whiskey Park 8950 11.3 10.0 113 16.2 13.0 125
Willow Creek Pass 9520 2.5 6.0 42 4.5 6.6 68
Zirkel 9320 11.6 10.8 107 16.2 14.3 113
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Basin Index (%) 79 89
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 2.4 4.6 52 8.3 7.4 112
Bear River 9100 2.3 4.6 50 4.7 6.8 69
Bison Lake 10950 4.9 10.8 45 10.0 12.3 81
Buffalo Park 9240 3.7 5.8 64 6.0 7.6 79
Burro Mountain 9290 3.1 6.0 52 7.8 9.2 85
Columbine 9170 8.5 9.2 92 10.8 11.0 98
Crosho 8960 2.9 5.0 58 5.9 6.6 89
Divide Peak 8700 5.2 7.9 66 9.1 10.2 89
Dry Lake 8240 6.8 8.4 81 9.3 11.2 83
Elk River 8710 6.1 7.2 85 10.2 8.7 117
Elkhead Divide 8780 5.1 -M * 9.5 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 10.6 10.8 98 16.1 15.9 101
Lost Dog 9350 8.1 9.0 90 10.9 11.6 94
Lynx Pass 8910 2.5 4.7 53 5.0 5.7 88
Old Battle 9840 12.1 13.1 92 17.1 15.4 111
Rabbit Ears 9390 5.9 9.9 60 -M 13.4 *
Ripple Creek 10340 6.2 10.9 57 9.2 11.1 83
Sage Creek Basin 7830 3.0 5.9 51 5.9 6.9 86
Sandstone RS 8150 4.8 5.2 92 8.4 8.4 100
Tower 10610 15.6 17.0 92 17.6 17.9 98
Trapper Lake 9750 4.1 -M * 6.7 8.4 80
Whiskey Park 8950 11.3 10.0 113 16.2 13.0 125
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Basin Index (%) 76 95
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 2.8 0 2.7 6.2 44
Brumley 10570 2.2 4.5 49 4.0 6.0 67
Fremont Pass 11310 3.2 7.1 45 4.5 7.2 62
Glen Cove 11410 .9 1.2 75 4.1 4.8 85
Hayden Pass 10700 3.7 6.1 61 7.3 6.8 107
Medano Pass 9650 2.0 2.6 77 5.5 4.5 122
Porphyry Creek 10790 5.4 6.6 82 7.6 6.7 113
Saint Elmo 10420 1.9 4.8 40 5.3 6.3 84
South Colony 10790 4.4 7.9 56 11.1 10.1 110
Ute Creek 10720 1.1 5.4 20 5.1 7.3 70
Whiskey Ck 10260 1.6 4.4 36 3.6 7.2 50
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Basin Index (%) 49 83
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 4.8 9.6 50 16.7 11.8 142
Cochetopa Pass 10020 2.3 2.2 105 3.9 3.6 108
Culebra #2 10560 3.3 6.0 55 3.8 6.2 61
Cumbres Trestle 10030 6.7 10.5 64 11.6 12.3 94
Elwood Pass 11680 6.5 -M * 13.7 -M *
Grayback 11620 3.0 -M * 8.3 8.1 102
Hayden Pass 10700 3.7 6.1 61 7.3 6.8 107
Lily Pond 11070 3.6 6.0 60 9.6 9.3 103
Medano Pass 9650 2.0 2.6 77 5.5 4.5 122
Middle Creek 11260 4.4 9.2 48 14.5 12.0 121
Moon Pass 11110 2.1 3.0 70 4.8 3.9 123
North Costilla 10570 .1 3.3 3 2.9 6.2 47
Rat Creek 11680 4.5 -M * 8.7 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 2.1 -M * 3.1 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 3.6 4.3 84 6.3 5.6 112
Shuree 10070 1.6 2.6 62 2.6 4.0 65
Slumgullion 11560 4.1 6.6 62 8.2 6.8 121
Trinchera 10860 2.4 5.3 45 3.8 5.8 66
Upper Rio Grande 9370 1.8 3.2 56 10.0 5.7 175
Ute Creek 10720 1.1 5.4 20 5.1 7.3 70
Wager Gulch 11110 2.8 -M * 8.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 7.5 15.0 50 17.4 16.0 109
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Basin Index (%) 55 105
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 4.8 9.6 50 16.7 11.8 142
Black Mesa 11580 5.9 -M * 10.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M 4.8 * -M 9.6 *
Cascade #2 8990 .7 4.7 15 11.2 9.4 119
Columbine Pass 9160 5.1 6.8 75 10.5 9.4 112
Columbus Basin 10780 6.1 10.3 59 15.3 13.7 112
El Diente Peak 10210 3.9 5.5 71 10.0 9.0 111
Elwood Pass 11680 6.5 -M * 13.7 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 4.2 6.4 66 9.2 7.6 121
Lone Cone 9730 4.8 6.6 73 9.5 9.1 104
Mancos 10020 4.3 6.2 69 8.6 7.8 110
Mineral Creek 10030 3.2 6.0 53 10.2 8.2 124
Molas Lake 10610 4.0 8.0 50 11.1 9.4 118
Red Mountain Pass 11060 5.3 10.0 53 12.5 12.0 104
Scotch Creek 9160 3.6 4.8 75 7.6 7.8 97
Sharkstooth 10730 5.0 7.4 68 10.4 10.4 100
Spud Mountain 10660 -M 10.5 * -M 13.8 *
Stump Lakes 11230 4.5 8.0 56 14.4 9.4 153
Upper San Juan 10140 6.5 11.8 55 19.0 16.6 114
Vallecito 10740 3.8 6.2 61 12.9 9.7 133
Weminuche Creek 10730 4.5 8.0 56 15.5 11.2 138
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 7.5 15.0 50 17.4 16.0 109
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Basin Index (%) 58 118
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