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 FRIDAY: OCTOBER 9 , 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 * -M .4 *
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M .8 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * .1 .8 12
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * .1 .8 12
Park Cone 9600 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .6 .8 75
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * .1 1.0 10
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .2 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 20
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .2 .6 33
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .1 .6 17
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * -M .7 *
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .1 .8 12
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .1 .7 14
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * .1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .1 100* .0 .4 0
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * .1 .5 20
High Lonesome 10630 .2 -M * .0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * .1 .6 17
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * .0 .7 0
Kiln 9610 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .1 .0 * -M .8 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * .1 .8 12
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * .1 .8 12
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * .6 .8 75
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 .0 * .1 1.0 10
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * .0 .2 0
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * -M .3 *
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * .0 .5 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .2 .4 50
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Basin Index (%) 1133* 12
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * .0 .5 0
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * -M .7 *
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * -M .3 *
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .2 50* .0 .6 0
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * .0 .4 0
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .8 0
Lake Eldora 9700 .9 .0 * -M .4 *
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * .0 .7 0
Loveland Basin 11410 .2 .2 100* .1 .4 25
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * .0 .3 0
Rough And Tumble 10420 .8 .0 * .1 .2 50
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * .0 .4 0
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
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Basin Index (%) 675* 5
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .2 0* .2 .6 33
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .1 .7 14
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .2 50* .0 .6 0
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * .0 .8 0
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .4 550* .1 .7 14
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * .0 .5 0
Tower 10610 .0 .2 0* .0 .8 0
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .9 0
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * .2 .4 50
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * .1 .7 14
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Basin Index (%) 370* 8
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * .0 .6 0
Bear River 9100 .2 .0 * .1 .6 17
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * .1 .8 12
Buffalo Park 9240 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * .1 .7 14
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * .1 .8 12
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * .0 1.1 0
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Lynx Pass 8910 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Old Battle 9840 .1 .0 * .0 .8 0
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * .0 1.0 0
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * .1 .8 12
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .1 .0 * .1 .5 20
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
Tower 10610 .0 .2 0* .0 .8 0
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * .4 .6 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * .0 .9 0
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Basin Index (%) 1100* 8
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 1.2 .2 600
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .1 100* .0 .4 0
Glen Cove 11410 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * .0 .2 0
Saint Elmo 10420 .1 .0 * .0 .3 0
South Colony 10790 .2 .0 * .4 .7 57
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .4 100
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * .3 .4 75
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Basin Index (%) 500* 75
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * .0 .8 0
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * .9 .2 450
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * .0 .4 0
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * .1 .6 17
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * .1 .1 100
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * .3 .5 60
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * .1 .3 33
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * .1 .8 12
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * .0 .1 0
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * -M .3 *
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * .0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * .0 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * .1 .2 50
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * .2 .0 *
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * .4 .2 200
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * .2 .5 40
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * .4 .4 100
Wager Gulch 11110 .4 -M * .2 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .4 1.1 36
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Basin Index (%) * 51
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .3 .0 * .0 .8 0
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M .8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * .2 .4 50
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * .1 .4 25
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * .2 .7 29
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * .2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * -M .8 *
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * .2 .6 33
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * .3 .6 50
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * .0 .6 0
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * .2 .7 29
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * .0 .8 0
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * .0 .5 0
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * .2 .9 22
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * .1 .6 17
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * .2 .9 22
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * .0 .6 0
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * .1 .4 25
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * .4 1.1 36
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Basin Index (%) * 20
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