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 SUNDAY: MAY 31 , 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 2.8 -M * 27.1 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.6 10.5 63
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.2 84
Idarado 9780 .0 .0 * 17.8 23.7 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 24.1 85
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 19.7 25.8 76
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.8 82
Park Cone 9600 .1 .0 * 12.4 14.0 89
Park Reservoir 9990 .3 11.6 3 27.2 30.8 88
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.2 80
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.3 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 7.4 0 24.0 31.2 77
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 11.7 16.0 73
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 13.6 1 29.6 36.9 80
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 13.6 16.9 80
Upper Taylor 10710 .0 .0 * 16.3 22.1 74
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.0 -M *
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Basin Index (%) 2* 80
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 11.7 0 23.0 28.6 80
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.4 18.0 63
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 13.1 19.0 69
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 9.2 0 23.2 31.2 74
Bison Lake 10950 .8 19.2 4 24.8 32.3 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 20.9 65
Castle Peak 11510 2.8 -M * 27.1 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .2 .1 200* 14.1 22.9 62
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 1.2 0* 13.6 22.2 61
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 7.5 0 16.9 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .4 -M * 18.4 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 3.0 13.2 23 12.4 21.2 58
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 1.4 0* 16.1 24.0 67
High Lonesome 10630 -M -M * 17.6 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 3.6 0 13.4 21.4 63
Independence Pass 10570 .1 .0 * 13.4 22.4 60
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 14.4 26.9 54
Jones Pass 10430 .0 5.5 0 18.9 26.1 72
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 10.3 18.2 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 10.2 0 22.8 27.2 84
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.9 17.2 63
Mc Clure Pass 8760 .0 .0 * 20.5 24.1 85
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 17.5 21.6 81
Mesa Lakes 10160 .1 .0 * 19.7 25.8 76
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 11.9 19.9 60
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 9.3 15.3 61
North Lost Trail 9190 .0 .0 * 20.7 26.8 77
Overland Res. 9890 .0 .0 * 16.3 19.8 82
Park Reservoir 9990 .3 11.6 3 27.2 30.8 88
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 14.6 18.0 81
Schofield Pass 10640 .1 13.6 1 29.6 36.9 80
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 9.6 13.8 70
Summit Ranch 9350 .0 .0 * 12.8 17.4 74
Vail Mountain 10290 .0 .5 0* 16.8 27.0 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .1 1.9 5 15.6 18.4 85
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Basin Index (%) 5* 72
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .0 5.9 0 19.5 25.5 76
Berthoud Summit 11300 .0 9.2 0 23.2 31.2 74
Black Mountain 8940 .0 .0 * 13.1 20.2 65
Buckskin Joe 11160 .0 1.1 0* 11.0 17.7 62
Copeland Lake 8570 .0 .0 * 15.5 19.5 79
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 8.8 1 17.7 24.2 73
Echo Lake 10660 .1 .0 * 13.2 16.8 79
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 3.6 0 13.4 21.4 63
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 15.0 18.6 81
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .2 .0 * 19.5 22.6 86
Joe Wright 10140 .2 14.0 1 28.1 34.6 81
Lake Eldora 9700 .0 .0 * 17.0 23.4 73
Lake Irene 10680 .0 10.2 0 22.8 27.2 84
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 7.7 0 19.2 23.6 81
Loveland Basin 11410 3.0 11.1 27 15.9 25.0 64
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .4 25* 14.6 20.8 70
Niwot 9940 .0 .1 0* 19.2 23.0 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .0 .0 * 8.9 12.2 73
Sawtooth 9640 .5 -M * 27.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 3.6 10.3 35 22.9 28.4 81
Wild Basin 9410 .0 .0 * 18.9 21.8 87
Willow Park 10710 .3 2.6 12 26.1 29.4 89
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Basin Index (%) 9* 77
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 11.7 0 23.0 28.6 80
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 25.9 0 29.4 41.2 71
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 8.8 1 17.7 24.2 73
Joe Wright 10140 .2 14.0 1 28.1 34.6 81
Never Summer 10300 5.2 17.1 30 17.4 23.6 74
Rawah 9100 .0 .0 * 16.7 21.1 79
Roach 9710 .0 1.6 0* 19.8 24.8 80
Tower 10610 16.3 34.9 47 42.4 50.3 84
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 7.8 1 31.8 36.2 88
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .1 1.9 5 15.6 18.4 85
Zirkel 9320 .4 .0 * 32.6 36.4 90
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Basin Index (%) 18 81
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .0 .0 * 18.1 19.8 91
Bear River 9100 .0 .0 * 11.4 18.0 63
Bison Lake 10950 .8 19.2 4 24.8 32.3 77
Buffalo Park 9240 .0 .0 * 13.5 20.9 65
Burro Mountain 9290 .0 .0 * 18.6 25.8 72
Columbine 9170 .0 .0 * 26.0 31.8 82
Crosho 8960 .1 .0 * 15.0 21.0 71
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 21.5 26.8 80
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 24.4 31.4 78
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 22.0 24.4 90
Elkhead Divide 8780 .7 -M * -M -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .0 2.6 0* 33.8 40.8 83
Lost Dog 9350 .1 .1 100* 24.5 30.6 80
Lynx Pass 8910 .0 .0 * 10.9 17.2 63
Old Battle 9840 14.0 26.2 53 35.4 42.7 83
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 4.0 2 29.2 37.5 78
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 12.5 0 22.5 32.2 70
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 14.4 16.9 85
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 18.4 22.0 84
Tower 10610 16.3 34.9 47 42.4 50.3 84
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 16.2 24.2 67
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 7.8 1 31.8 36.2 88
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Basin Index (%) 30* 79
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .0 .0 * 8.9 17.7 50
Brumley 10570 .8 .0 * 11.2 17.8 63
Fremont Pass 11310 3.0 13.2 23 12.4 21.2 58
Glen Cove 11410 .3 .0 * 12.7 16.3 78
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.3 18.8 81
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.7 16.7 82
Porphyry Creek 10790 .0 .0 * 16.2 20.2 80
Saint Elmo 10420 .0 .0 * 12.0 17.0 71
South Colony 10790 .1 1.0 10* 22.5 28.5 79
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 12.6 21.5 59
Whiskey Ck 10260 .0 .0 * 9.3 21.0 44
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Basin Index (%) 32* 68
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 28.4 29.4 97
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .0 .0 * 6.6 10.5 63
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 9.3 18.9 49
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .1 .0 * 22.7 29.8 76
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.3 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 16.2 21.1 77
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 15.3 18.8 81
Lily Pond 11070 .0 .0 * 17.3 23.3 74
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 13.7 16.7 82
Middle Creek 11260 .0 1.0 0* 24.8 26.4 94
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 8.1 11.1 73
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 9.0 18.0 50
Rat Creek 11680 .6 -M * 14.3 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .2 -M * 8.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 11.7 16.0 73
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 6.1 12.3 50
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 13.6 16.9 80
Trinchera 10860 .0 .0 * 8.7 16.2 54
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .0 .0 * 14.2 12.2 116
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 12.6 21.5 59
Wager Gulch 11110 .0 -M * 14.0 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 21.4 0 33.0 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 4* 76
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .2 .0 * 28.4 29.4 97
Black Mesa 11580 5.8 -M * 24.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 23.0 *
Cascade #2 8990 .0 .0 * 19.9 22.2 90
Columbine Pass 9160 .0 .0 * 22.8 27.2 84
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .8 0* 26.0 31.3 83
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 20.6 24.2 85
Elwood Pass 11680 .1 -M * 27.3 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .0 .0 * 16.3 20.0 82
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 19.8 23.5 84
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 15.0 21.0 71
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 18.0 21.0 86
Molas Lake 10610 .0 .0 * 20.3 24.3 84
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .0 7.4 0 24.0 31.2 77
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 14.8 20.6 72
Sharkstooth 10730 .0 .0 * 21.5 26.0 83
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 30.3 35.0 87
Stump Lakes 11230 -M 4.2 * -M 23.4 *
Upper San Juan 10140 .0 .0 * 35.2 39.1 90
Vallecito 10740 .0 .0 * 21.7 21.8 100
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 26.2 25.2 104
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .0 21.4 0 33.0 38.1 87
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Basin Index (%) 1* 86
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