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 21 , 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 * 20.3 25.5 80
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 12.9 16.6 78
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.9 32.5 86
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 27.5 31.0 89
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 26.3 31.6 83
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 24.8 32.0 78
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.2 28.6 78
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 17.6 19.1 92
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.1 39.2 90
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 22.6 26.2 86
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 23.0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.2 41.2 83
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.6 23.2 76
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * 39.4 46.2 85
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.0 23.6 85
Upper Taylor 10710 .8 .0 * 23.3 30.8 76
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 83
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.4 78
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.6 23.9 78
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.3 24.9 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.7 39.6 70
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 32.5 39.9 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * 18.0 24.5 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 35.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 30.6 48
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.4 36.8 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.6 29.1 64
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 21.8 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.6 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 28.7 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.2 74
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * -M -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.4 65
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 19.3 29.6 65
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 20.7 35.0 59
Jones Pass 10430 1.0 .0 * 26.1 33.9 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.4 23.5 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.4 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * 17.1 22.4 76
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 26.3 31.6 83
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.4 27.4 89
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 24.8 32.0 78
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .0 .0 * 16.9 25.5 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 13.1 20.6 64
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 25.8 34.4 75
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.2 28.6 78
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 35.1 39.2 90
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.3 23.7 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * 39.4 46.2 85
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.7 17.8 77
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 17.4 23.8 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 21.3 33.6 63
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.8 25.1 91
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 24.1 33.0 73
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 27.7 39.6 70
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 17.1 26.6 64
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.7 58
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.9 27.0 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.4 77
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 20.4 26.2 78
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 19.2 29.4 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.6 24.8 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * 28.1 30.0 94
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 42.4 83
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 21.2 29.9 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.1 34.4 82
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.0 28.4 85
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.1 32.4 74
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.0 78
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 24.7 30.2 82
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 12.0 19.8 61
Sawtooth 9640 .2 -M * 33.2 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 28.9 35.8 81
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 23.3 30.2 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 32.3 36.4 89
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.3 36.4 78
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 34.5 43.1 80
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.4 36.8 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.4 77
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.1 42.4 83
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 24.4 31.7 77
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 21.3 27.8 77
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.5 32.2 76
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.7 56.6 86
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 36.8 41.5 89
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 22.8 25.1 91
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 37.8 42.6 89
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Basin Index (%) * 83
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 23.5 23.9 98
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 18.6 23.9 78
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 32.5 39.9 81
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * 18.0 24.5 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 25.6 31.6 81
Columbine 9170 .4 .0 * 31.4 36.8 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.3 25.8 86
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 26.2 31.3 84
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 30.7 37.2 83
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 27.9 31.0 90
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.3 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .4 .0 * 40.4 46.6 87
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.3 35.4 83
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * 17.1 22.4 76
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * 41.9 49.9 84
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 37.2 44.6 83
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.2 38.0 74
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 17.7 21.0 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.0 26.8 86
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 48.7 56.6 86
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.5 31.3 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 36.8 41.5 89
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.6 25.8 57
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 18.0 23.3 77
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 17.9 28.7 62
Glen Cove 11410 .4 .0 * 22.7 28.8 79
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 21.1 25.7 82
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 22.6 26.2 86
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * 18.6 24.0 78
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 28.9 41.7 69
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.7 29.4 60
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 14.9 32.3 46
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Basin Index (%) * 70
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.6 37.9 104
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 12.9 16.6 78
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 14.3 26.8 53
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 28.4 37.8 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.7 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 22.3 31.3 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 .0 * 21.1 25.7 82
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.9 72
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.8 23.7 79
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 36.0 38.2 94
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 14.4 19.2 75
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 16.5 26.5 62
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 23.0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 11.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 17.6 23.2 76
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 11.0 19.2 57
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 20.0 23.6 85
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 11.4 22.2 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 20.6 18.6 111
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 17.7 29.4 60
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 19.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.5 47.6 85
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Basin Index (%) * 77
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 39.6 37.9 104
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 36.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 30.2 30.5 99
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 27.9 32.5 86
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 40.5 41.8 97
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 30.5 31.6 97
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 36.7 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 25.3 27.4 92
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 30.3 32.9 92
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 25.3 30.4 83
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 28.1 29.9 94
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 28.9 32.6 89
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 34.2 41.2 83
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 22.9 27.4 84
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 30.4 37.7 81
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 45.2 44.8 101
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 35.0 34.0 103
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 44.4 50.8 87
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 35.0 30.0 117
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 37.3 38.3 97
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 40.5 47.6 85
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Basin Index (%) * 93
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