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: AUGUST 27 , 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 * 16.3 23.6 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.7 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 10.2 15.5 66
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.2 30.7 82
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 24.3 29.3 83
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 30.0 73
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.2 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.8 26.4 75
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 14.9 17.8 84
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.5 36.5 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.7 24.4 81
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.2 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.6 39.5 75
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.9 21.6 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.4 44.5 75
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.4 22.6 77
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 18.7 28.3 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.3 34.8 73
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.4 74
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 16.1 23.0 70
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.7 37.6 68
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.6 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 14.8 23.7 62
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 30.7 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.7 29.5 50
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.8 80
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 16.8 27.8 60
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 19.3 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 21.3 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.6 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 20.5 29.4 70
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 20.0 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.0 27.6 65
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 16.8 28.2 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 19.1 33.4 57
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 24.0 31.9 75
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 12.1 22.3 54
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.6 33.1 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 13.6 20.7 66
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 21.8 30.0 73
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 21.2 25.8 82
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 21.6 30.2 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 15.3 24.3 63
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 11.7 19.5 60
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 22.9 32.0 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 19.8 26.4 75
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 30.5 36.5 84
Phantom Valley 9030 .4 .0 * 16.8 22.6 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .2 .0 * 33.4 44.5 75
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * -M 17.2 *
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 15.8 22.4 71
Vail Mountain 10290 .1 .0 * 19.9 33.0 60
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 20.0 24.0 83
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .2 .0 * 22.5 31.9 71
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 25.7 37.6 68
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 16.2 24.6 66
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 14.5 25.7 56
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 18.0 25.2 71
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.2 72
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.4 77
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 18.0 27.6 65
Hourglass Lake 9380 .1 .0 * 17.4 23.8 73
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 26.2 28.4 92
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.8 40.7 78
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 19.8 28.6 69
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 26.6 33.1 80
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 22.0 26.9 82
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 22.4 31.2 72
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 20.1 26.0 77
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 23.2 28.5 81
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 10.7 17.8 60
Sawtooth 9640 1.0 -M * -M -M *
University Camp 10330 .2 .0 * 27.2 33.5 81
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.3 77
Willow Park 10710 .0 .0 * 30.7 34.8 88
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Basin Index (%) * 75
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 25.3 34.8 73
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .3 .0 * 31.4 42.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.8 80
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 20.9 29.2 72
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 31.8 40.7 78
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 21.7 29.9 73
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 19.0 26.0 73
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 22.0 31.1 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.1 55.4 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.2 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .5 .0 * 20.0 24.0 83
Zirkel 9320 .0 .0 * 35.0 41.0 85
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Basin Index (%) * 78
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .2 .0 * 19.1 22.4 85
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 16.6 22.4 74
Bison Lake 10950 .0 .0 * 28.8 37.6 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .1 .0 * 14.8 23.7 62
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 22.3 30.2 74
Columbine 9170 .2 .0 * 28.6 35.8 80
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 19.6 24.2 81
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 22.7 29.8 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 26.2 36.2 72
Elk River 8710 1.2 .0 * 23.8 28.6 83
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.4 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 35.4 45.2 78
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.2 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .1 .0 * 13.6 20.7 66
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 34.8 48.0 72
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 32.4 43.6 74
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 24.7 36.6 67
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.4 19.6 79
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.7 76
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 45.1 55.4 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 19.9 30.2 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.9 39.2 84
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Basin Index (%) * 76
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .1 .0 * 13.6 24.6 55
Brumley 10570 .0 .0 * 15.4 22.4 69
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 15.8 26.6 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 21.5 26.5 81
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.4 24.4 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.2 81
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 19.7 24.4 81
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 16.0 23.2 69
South Colony 10790 .1 .0 * 26.0 39.5 66
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.7 28.2 56
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 12.9 31.2 41
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Basin Index (%) * 66
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 34.4 34.4 100
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 10.2 15.5 66
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 13.0 25.5 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 26.0 35.1 74
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.7 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 20.4 30.2 68
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 18.4 24.4 75
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 20.7 29.2 71
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 17.9 22.2 81
Middle Creek 11260 .1 .0 * 31.5 33.7 93
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 12.4 17.5 71
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 14.9 24.9 60
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 20.2 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 10.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 15.9 21.6 74
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 10.0 18.0 56
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 17.4 22.6 77
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 10.2 21.1 48
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 17.4 16.6 105
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 15.7 28.2 56
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 17.1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.6 44.6 82
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 34.4 34.4 100
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 33.6 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 29.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 25.5 27.6 92
Columbine Pass 9160 .5 .0 * 25.2 30.7 82
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 34.6 39.4 88
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 26.6 29.2 91
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 34.7 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 21.3 26.0 82
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 26.7 29.8 90
Mancos 10020 .1 .0 * 20.9 28.3 74
Mineral Creek 10030 .6 .0 * 24.1 27.6 87
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 24.7 29.6 83
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 .0 * 29.6 39.5 75
Scotch Creek 9160 .1 .0 * 20.0 25.8 78
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 27.1 35.4 77
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 39.1 41.2 95
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 29.4 31.0 95
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 39.4 46.6 85
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 27.9 27.6 101
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 31.9 32.6 98
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 36.6 44.6 82
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Basin Index (%) * 87
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