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: SEPTEMBER 11 , 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 * 16.7 25.0 67
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 11.5 16.4 70
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 25.6 31.1 82
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 25.4 30.4 84
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.7 30.8 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 22.4 31.2 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 28.1 71
Park Cone 9600 .2 .0 * 15.5 18.6 83
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.5 38.2 85
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.8 25.6 81
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 20.7 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 30.8 40.2 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.5 22.5 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 33.9 46.1 74
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.4 76
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 19.3 30.1 64
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.5 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 35.8 73
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.6 22.8 77
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.8 24.0 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.4 38.6 68
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.8 39.4 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 16.6 24.0 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 31.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 29.6 50
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.5 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 17.3 28.4 61
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 20.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.9 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.7 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.8 30.0 69
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.4 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 28.5 64
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 17.1 29.0 59
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 19.4 34.7 56
Jones Pass 10430 1.0 .0 * 24.4 33.1 74
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.2 22.8 54
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.4 33.6 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.4 21.6 71
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 22.7 30.8 74
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 22.1 27.0 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 22.4 31.2 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .0 .0 * 16.0 24.5 65
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.8 20.4 58
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 23.4 32.8 71
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 20.0 28.1 71
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 32.5 38.2 85
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 17.7 23.0 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .3 .0 * 33.9 46.1 74
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.0 17.6 74
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 16.2 23.0 70
Vail Mountain 10290 .2 .0 * 20.5 33.6 61
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.3 24.8 86
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 23.1 32.4 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 26.4 38.6 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.6 25.0 66
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 15.0 26.7 56
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.6 26.2 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.5 29.2 74
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 19.3 25.6 75
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.3 28.5 64
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.1 24.4 74
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .0 .0 * 26.4 29.2 90
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.4 41.5 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 20.5 28.8 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 27.4 33.6 82
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 23.0 27.8 83
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.4 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.2 27.4 74
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.8 29.6 80
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 11.0 18.4 60
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 32.4 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 27.9 34.9 80
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 22.5 29.5 76
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 31.5 35.6 88
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 26.3 35.8 73
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 32.0 42.8 75
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.5 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 21.5 29.2 74
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 33.4 41.5 80
Never Summer 10300 2.2 .0 * 23.0 30.7 75
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.1 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 22.8 31.8 72
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.6 56.0 83
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 40.3 86
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 21.3 24.8 86
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 36.4 41.6 88
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Basin Index (%) * 79
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 21.0 23.3 90
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 17.6 22.8 77
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 30.8 39.4 78
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 16.6 24.0 69
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 23.6 30.8 77
Columbine 9170 .3 .0 * 29.8 36.5 82
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 20.8 25.2 83
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 23.9 30.8 78
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 28.0 36.7 76
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 25.5 29.8 86
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 24.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .4 .0 * 37.0 46.2 80
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 27.6 34.8 79
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 15.4 21.6 71
Old Battle 9840 -M .0 * -M 49.2 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 34.8 44.3 79
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 26.2 37.0 71
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.8 78
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 21.0 26.6 79
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 46.6 56.0 83
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 21.2 30.8 69
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 34.6 40.3 86
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Basin Index (%) * 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 14.3 25.6 56
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.7 23.2 68
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 16.2 27.7 58
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 22.0 28.0 79
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 18.7 25.1 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.2 22.2 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 20.8 25.6 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 16.6 23.9 69
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 26.7 40.5 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.3 28.7 57
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 13.8 32.0 43
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 35.9 35.5 101
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 11.5 16.4 70
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.6 26.6 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 26.2 37.1 71
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 21.0 31.0 68
Hayden Pass 10700 .1 .0 * 18.7 25.1 75
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 21.2 30.2 70
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 18.2 22.2 82
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 32.5 35.6 91
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.8 18.1 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 15.5 25.9 60
Rat Creek 11680 .5 -M * 20.7 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.6 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 16.5 22.5 73
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 10.5 18.6 56
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.4 76
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 10.8 21.6 50
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 18.0 18.0 100
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 16.3 28.7 57
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.5 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 46.6 79
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Basin Index (%) * 73
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 35.9 35.5 101
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 34.7 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 30.3 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 26.6 29.2 91
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 25.6 31.1 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 35.7 40.5 88
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 27.3 30.1 91
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 35.2 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 22.2 27.2 82
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 27.6 31.4 88
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 22.0 29.6 74
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 25.1 28.4 88
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 25.7 30.6 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .1 .0 * 30.8 40.2 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 20.6 27.0 76
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 28.1 36.8 76
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 40.3 43.2 93
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 30.1 32.8 92
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 39.5 49.2 80
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 28.6 29.3 98
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 32.5 34.6 94
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.7 46.6 79
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Basin Index (%) * 86
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