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: MAY 29 , 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 * 14.2 18.0 79
Castle Peak 11510 4.6 -M * 27.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.3 64
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.1 84
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.7 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 24.0 85
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .8 0* 19.7 25.8 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.8 82
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 12.4 13.8 90
Park Reservoir 9990 .6 13.7 4 27.0 30.8 88
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.2 80
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.4 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 8.2 0 24.0 31.2 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 11.8 15.9 74
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 16.0 1 29.6 36.8 80
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 13.7 16.9 81
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.3 22.0 74
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.1 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 2* 80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 12.4 1 22.9 28.6 80
Bear River 9100 .0 .1 0* 11.3 17.9 63
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.1 18.9 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 11.0 0 23.2 31.0 75
Bison Lake 10950 1.6 20.0 8 24.5 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.3 20.9 64
Castle Peak 11510 4.6 -M * 27.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .1 .8 12* 14.1 22.9 62
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 1.2 0* 13.6 22.0 62
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 9.0 0 17.2 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .9 -M * 18.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 4.1 14.5 28 12.4 20.9 59
Grizzly Peak 11110 .1 3.2 3 16.0 23.8 67
High Lonesome 10630 -M -M * 17.6 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .1 5.8 2 13.2 21.3 62
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 13.5 22.4 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .4 25* 14.5 26.9 54
Jones Pass 10430 .0 7.0 0 18.9 25.6 74
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.4 18.2 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 10.8 0 22.7 26.9 84
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.7 17.2 62
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 24.0 85
Mccoy Park 9500 .1 .0 * 17.4 21.4 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .0 .8 0* 19.7 25.8 76
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 11.9 19.8 60
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.4 15.3 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 20.7 26.6 78
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.2 19.8 82
Park Reservoir 9990 .6 13.7 4 27.0 30.8 88
Phantom Valley 9030 .1 .0 * 14.6 17.8 82
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 16.0 1 29.6 36.8 80
Stillwater Creek 8760 .1 -M * 9.6 13.6 71
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 12.9 17.4 74
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 2.4 0 16.8 26.9 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .1 3.2 3 15.4 18.3 84
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Basin Index (%) 6* 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 6.9 0 19.5 25.2 77
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 11.0 0 23.2 31.0 75
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 13.1 19.9 66
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 3.1 3 10.9 17.6 62
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 15.4 19.0 81
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 10.2 1 17.7 24.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .2 1.2 17 13.2 16.8 79
Hoosier Pass 11600 .1 5.8 2 13.2 21.3 62
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .2 0* 15.0 18.5 81
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .3 .4 75* -M 22.4 *
Joe Wright 10140 .2 14.4 1 27.6 34.5 80
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.0 23.4 73
Lake Irene 10680 .0 10.8 0 22.7 26.9 84
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 8.7 0 19.2 23.5 82
Loveland Basin 11410 4.3 13.6 32 15.8 24.8 64
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .9 11* -M 20.6 *
Niwot 9940 .1 .8 12* 19.2 22.8 84
Rough And Tumble 10420 .2 .0 * 8.8 12.2 72
Sawtooth 9640 1.0 -M * 27.8 -M *
University Camp 10330 4.8 11.5 42 22.9 28.3 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .9 11* 18.8 21.8 86
Willow Park 10710 .3 5.8 5 26.0 29.4 88
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Basin Index (%) 10 77
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .1 12.4 1 22.9 28.6 80
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .0 27.8 0 29.1 41.2 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 10.2 1 17.7 24.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .2 14.4 1 27.6 34.5 80
Never Summer 10300 7.0 17.1 41 17.2 23.6 73
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 16.4 21.0 78
Roach 9710 .1 2.6 4 19.4 24.6 79
Tower 10610 17.7 37.4 47 42.0 50.2 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 10.6 1 31.5 36.0 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .1 3.2 3 15.4 18.3 84
Zirkel 9320 .3 .0 * 32.4 36.4 89
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Basin Index (%) 19 80
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .1 .0 * 17.8 19.8 90
Bear River 9100 .0 .1 0* 11.3 17.9 63
Bison Lake 10950 1.6 20.0 8 24.5 32.2 76
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.3 20.9 64
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 18.5 25.8 72
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 14.8 21.0 70
Divide Peak 8700 .1 .0 * 21.2 26.8 79
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 24.2 31.2 78
Elk River 8710 .0 .0 * 21.7 24.4 89
Elkhead Divide 8780 .8 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 4.8 0 33.2 40.4 82
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .8 0* 24.2 30.2 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.7 17.2 62
Old Battle 9840 15.2 27.9 54 35.1 42.4 83
Rabbit Ears 9390 .0 7.6 0 28.8 37.5 77
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 13.9 0 22.2 32.1 69
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 14.3 16.9 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.0 82
Tower 10610 17.7 37.4 47 42.0 50.2 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 16.0 24.2 66
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 10.6 1 31.5 36.0 88
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Basin Index (%) 28* 78
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 8.9 17.7 50
Brumley 10570 .8 .0 * 11.2 17.6 64
Fremont Pass 11310 4.1 14.5 28 12.4 20.9 59
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 12.7 16.0 79
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 1.1 27* 15.3 18.8 81
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.6 16.5 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.2 80
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 12.0 16.7 72
South Colony 10790 .2 3.3 6 22.5 28.4 79
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 12.6 21.5 59
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 9.3 20.4 46
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Basin Index (%) 31* 68
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .1 200* 28.4 29.4 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .1 .0 * 6.6 10.3 64
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 9.2 18.8 49
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 22.7 29.6 77
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 16.2 20.9 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .3 1.1 27* 15.3 18.8 81
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 17.3 23.3 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.6 16.5 82
Middle Creek 11260 .0 2.1 0 24.9 26.4 94
Moon Pass 11110 .1 .0 * 8.0 11.0 73
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 8.9 17.8 50
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.4 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .2 -M * 8.3 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 11.8 15.9 74
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 6.0 11.8 51
Slumgullion 11560 .0 .0 * 13.7 16.9 81
Trinchera 10860 .1 .0 * 8.7 15.8 55
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 14.2 12.1 117
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 12.6 21.5 59
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.1 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 22.6 0 33.2 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 5* 76
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .1 200* 28.4 29.4 97
Black Mesa 11580 6.8 -M * 24.5 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 23.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 19.8 22.2 89
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.1 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 2.3 0* 26.1 31.3 83
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 20.8 24.0 87
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.4 20.0 82
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 19.6 23.2 84
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 14.9 21.0 71
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 18.0 20.9 86
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 20.3 24.3 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 8.2 0 24.0 31.2 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 15.0 20.4 74
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 1.0 0* 21.6 26.0 83
Spud Mountain 10660 .1 .0 * 30.3 35.0 87
Stump Lakes 11230 -M 6.1 * -M 23.3 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 1.1 0* 35.4 39.1 91
Vallecito 10740 .2 .0 * 21.8 21.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 26.3 25.2 104
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 22.6 0 33.2 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 2* 86
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