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 WEDNESDAY: JULY 15 , 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 * 14.5 20.7 70
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.2 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.9 12.3 56
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * -M 27.8 *
Idarado 9780 -M .0 * -M 25.6 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.7 25.8 80
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.4 72
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.6 21.6 77
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 13.2 15.2 87
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.2 32.4 84
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.4 21.0 78
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.0 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * -M 33.0 *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 12.0 17.8 67
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 30.5 39.8 77
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 14.1 19.0 74
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.9 24.6 69
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.5 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 75
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 23.3 31.6 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.9 19.4 61
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.6 20.6 66
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 23.9 34.0 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 25.2 34.0 74
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.4 22.0 61
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.2 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.3 26.1 55
Columbine 9170 .1 .0 * 26.6 33.9 78
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 14.2 23.8 60
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 17.6 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 19.1 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.4 23.2 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 16.8 25.6 66
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 17.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.5 24.2 60
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 14.4 24.4 59
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * 14.7 29.9 49
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 19.7 27.4 72
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.7 19.8 54
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.3 29.8 78
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.7 60
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.7 25.8 80
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.4 23.6 74
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 19.8 27.4 72
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 12.5 21.5 58
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.6 16.8 57
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 21.1 28.4 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.6 21.6 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .1 .0 * 27.2 32.4 84
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 14.8 20.2 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 30.5 39.8 77
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.8 15.5 63
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 13.4 19.4 69
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 .0 * 17.2 29.7 58
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 16.3 22.0 74
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Basin Index (%) * 68
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 19.7 28.4 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 23.9 34.0 70
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.5 21.6 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 11.9 20.2 59
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.0 73
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.2 27.0 67
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 13.8 20.4 68
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.5 24.2 60
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 15.1 20.8 73
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .2 .0 * 20.1 26.1 77
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.6 37.0 77
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.4 25.6 68
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.3 29.8 78
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 19.6 25.5 77
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 16.6 26.9 62
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 15.2 22.4 68
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 19.5 25.4 77
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 8.8 14.4 61
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 28.5 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 23.2 30.2 77
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 20.1 24.6 82
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 26.6 31.8 84
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Basin Index (%) * 72
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 23.3 31.6 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 29.9 42.0 71
Columbine 9170 .1 .0 * 26.6 33.9 78
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.2 27.0 67
Joe Wright 10140 .1 .0 * 28.6 37.0 77
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 18.0 27.2 66
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 16.9 24.2 70
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 20.2 28.4 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.1 38.0 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 16.3 22.0 74
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 33.2 38.6 86
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Basin Index (%) * 76
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 18.4 21.0 88
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.9 19.4 61
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 25.2 34.0 74
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.4 22.0 61
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 19.2 27.8 69
Columbine 9170 .1 .0 * 26.6 33.9 78
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.0 73
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 21.8 28.6 76
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.5 72
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 22.7 26.6 85
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 34.2 43.3 79
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 25.1 33.0 76
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.2 18.7 60
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 35.1 45.8 77
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 29.6 41.2 72
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 22.7 34.2 66
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.0 17.9 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.9 23.8 79
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.5 54.0 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 16.7 27.4 61
Whiskey Park 8950 .0 .0 * 32.1 38.0 84
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Basin Index (%) * 75
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 10.2 19.5 52
Brumley 10570 -M .0 * 12.1 19.7 61
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.4 23.2 58
Glen Cove 11410 .2 .0 * 13.3 20.7 64
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.6 20.4 76
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.2 18.9 75
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.4 21.0 78
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 12.8 18.4 70
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 22.7 32.1 71
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.6 24.0 57
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 10.6 24.0 44
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Basin Index (%) * 64
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 29.4 30.2 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.9 12.3 56
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 10.9 21.2 51
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 23.5 31.4 75
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 29.0 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 17.5 24.7 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.6 20.4 76
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 18.3 24.6 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.2 18.9 75
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 26.0 29.0 90
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 8.8 13.6 65
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 11.8 20.0 59
Rat Creek 11680 .4 -M * 15.0 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 8.8 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 12.0 17.8 67
Shuree 10070 -M .0 * 7.6 14.8 51
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 14.1 19.0 74
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.4 18.2 52
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 14.7 13.5 109
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.6 24.0 57
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.5 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * -M 39.6 *
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Basin Index (%) * 72
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 29.4 30.2 97
Black Mesa 11580 -M -M * -M -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 24.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * -M 24.2 *
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * -M 27.8 *
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 26.9 33.6 80
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * -M 25.9 *
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 29.0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.2 76
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * -M 25.6 *
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * -M 22.2 *
Mineral Creek 10030 -M .0 * -M 22.8 *
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * -M 25.8 *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * -M 33.0 *
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 15.1 22.4 67
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 22.5 29.4 77
Spud Mountain 10660 -M .0 * -M 36.0 *
Stump Lakes 11230 -M .0 * -M 26.5 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 36.7 40.7 90
Vallecito 10740 .3 .0 * 22.7 23.8 95
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * -M 26.8 *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * -M 39.6 *
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Basin Index (%) * 84*
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