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 22 , 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 * 14.9 21.5 69
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.4 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 7.6 12.8 59
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 23.6 28.4 83
Idarado 9780 -M .0 * -M 26.0 *
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.8 26.5 78
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 20.4 28.0 73
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.4 75
Park Cone 9600 .0 .0 * 13.4 16.0 84
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 27.6 33.2 83
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.1 21.4 80
Rat Creek 11680 .0 -M * 16.3 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .3 .0 * 26.0 34.1 76
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.4 18.8 71
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.3 39.9 78
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.0 19.6 77
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 17.2 24.9 69
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.8 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 76
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 23.5 31.7 74
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 20.0 59
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 14.0 20.6 68
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.4 34.6 71
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 26.6 34.4 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 22.0 61
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 28.4 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 14.6 26.8 54
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.4 77
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 14.2 24.4 58
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 17.6 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 19.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.4 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 17.7 26.1 68
High Lonesome 10630 .0 -M * 18.9 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.6 24.7 59
Independence Pass 10570 .0 .0 * 15.4 25.0 62
Ivanhoe 10540 .0 .0 * -M 30.6 *
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 20.7 29.1 71
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * -M 20.3 *
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.8 30.5 78
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.4 18.9 60
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.8 26.5 78
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.8 23.8 75
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .0 * 20.4 28.0 73
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 13.2 21.9 60
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * -M 17.0 *
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 21.6 29.0 74
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.8 22.4 75
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 27.6 33.2 83
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 15.2 20.8 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .0 .0 * 31.3 39.9 78
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.9 15.6 63
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 14.2 19.8 72
Vail Mountain 10290 .1 .0 * 17.4 30.2 58
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 18.0 22.3 81
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Basin Index (%) * 70
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 .0 * 19.7 29.1 68
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 .0 * 24.4 34.6 71
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.6 22.0 62
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 .0 * 11.8 21.3 55
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 16.4 22.2 74
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.7 27.8 67
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 14.0 21.0 67
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 14.6 24.7 59
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 15.2 21.4 71
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .0 * 22.9 26.6 86
Joe Wright 10140 .0 .0 * 29.3 37.5 78
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.4 25.9 67
Lake Irene 10680 -M .0 * 23.8 30.5 78
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 19.9 25.9 77
Loveland Basin 11410 .0 .0 * 18.1 27.8 65
Michigan Creek 10700 .0 .0 * 15.6 22.8 68
Niwot 9940 .0 .0 * 19.5 25.7 76
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 9.1 14.8 61
Sawtooth 9640 .0 -M * 28.6 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 23.2 30.2 77
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 20.1 25.2 80
Willow Park 10710 1.0 .0 * 27.1 32.0 85
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Basin Index (%) * 72
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 .0 * 23.5 31.7 74
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 .0 * 29.9 42.0 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.4 77
Deadman Hill 10240 .0 .0 * 18.7 27.8 67
Joe Wright 10140 .0 .0 * 29.3 37.5 78
Never Summer 10300 -M .0 * 19.0 27.6 69
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 17.0 24.6 69
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 20.6 29.2 71
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.7 54.0 81
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * 32.1 38.2 84
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .0 .0 * 18.0 22.3 81
Zirkel 9320 .2 .0 * 34.7 38.8 89
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Basin Index (%) * 77
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 18.5 21.3 87
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.8 20.0 59
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 26.6 34.4 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 22.0 61
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 19.9 28.2 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.6 34.4 77
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 16.0 22.4 71
Divide Peak 8700 .0 .0 * 21.9 28.6 77
Dry Lake 8240 .0 .0 * 25.0 34.6 72
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.0 84
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 23.1 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 .0 * 34.2 43.4 79
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 25.4 33.0 77
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 11.4 18.9 60
Old Battle 9840 .0 .0 * 34.8 46.1 75
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 .0 * 29.8 41.2 72
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 23.0 34.4 67
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 15.1 17.9 84
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.6 77
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 43.7 54.0 81
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 17.0 27.4 62
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * 32.1 38.2 84
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Basin Index (%) * 75
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 10.4 20.4 51
Brumley 10570 -M .0 * 12.5 19.9 63
Fremont Pass 11310 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.4 58
Glen Cove 11410 .2 .0 * 13.8 21.2 65
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.1 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.5 19.2 76
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 17.1 21.4 80
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 13.0 19.3 67
South Colony 10790 .0 .0 * 23.0 32.6 71
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.8 25.4 54
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 11.2 25.0 45
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Basin Index (%) * 64
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .0 .0 * 30.1 30.8 98
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 7.6 12.8 59
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 11.6 21.7 53
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .0 .0 * 24.4 31.9 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .0 -M * 32.0 -M *
Grayback 11620 .0 -M * 18.0 25.2 71
Hayden Pass 10700 .0 .0 * 15.7 21.1 74
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 18.7 25.0 75
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 14.5 19.2 76
Middle Creek 11260 .0 .0 * 27.2 29.8 91
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 9.2 14.2 65
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 12.2 20.8 59
Rat Creek 11680 .0 -M * 16.3 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 9.2 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 13.4 18.8 71
Shuree 10070 .0 .0 * 7.7 15.7 49
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 15.0 19.6 77
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 9.4 18.6 51
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 15.0 14.2 106
Ute Creek 10720 .0 .0 * 13.8 25.4 54
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.8 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 34.9 40.8 86
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .0 .0 * 30.1 30.8 98
Black Mesa 11580 -M -M * 30.0 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 25.4 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 22.0 24.8 89
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 23.6 28.4 83
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 30.8 35.6 87
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 24.0 26.0 92
Elwood Pass 11680 .0 -M * 32.0 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 18.8 22.6 83
Lone Cone 9730 .1 .0 * 23.7 26.1 91
Mancos 10020 .2 .0 * 17.2 22.7 76
Mineral Creek 10030 -M .0 * 20.0 23.4 85
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 21.8 26.7 82
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .3 .0 * 26.0 34.1 76
Scotch Creek 9160 -M .0 * 17.8 23.2 77
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 24.0 30.7 78
Spud Mountain 10660 -M .0 * 33.2 36.4 91
Stump Lakes 11230 .0 .0 * 25.3 26.8 94
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 37.4 41.0 91
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 24.3 24.5 99
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 28.7 27.4 105
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 .0 * 34.9 40.8 86
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Basin Index (%) * 88
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