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 TUESDAY: SEPTEMBER 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 * 20.9 26.7 78
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.8 -M *
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 14.0 17.3 81
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 29.1 34.1 85
Idarado 9780 .1 .0 * 29.3 31.4 93
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.3 *
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 25.9 33.8 77
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.9 29.6 77
Park Cone 9600 .3 .0 * 18.8 20.0 94
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 36.2 39.7 91
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 24.3 26.6 91
Rat Creek 11680 1.0 -M * 25.5 -M *
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 36.8 41.4 89
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.0 79
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * 40.7 46.8 87
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 21.8 23.8 92
Upper Taylor 10710 1.0 .0 * 23.9 30.8 78
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 22.5 -M *
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Basin Index (%) * 85
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.0 77
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.2 24.4 79
Beaver Ck Village 8530 .0 .0 * 18.4 26.9 68
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 28.3 40.2 70
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 33.2 40.6 82
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.1 24.8 73
Castle Peak 11510 .0 -M * 36.8 -M *
Chapman Tunnel 10090 .0 .0 * 19.8 31.3 63
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Copper Mountain 10500 .0 .0 * 18.9 29.2 65
Elliot Ridge 10550 .0 .0 * 22.1 -M *
Fool Creek 11130 .0 -M * 22.8 -M *
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.1 29.3 62
Grizzly Peak 11110 .0 .0 * 22.5 30.8 73
High Lonesome 10630 .1 -M * 21.2 -M *
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 20.0 29.4 68
Independence Pass 10570 .2 .0 * 19.6 30.0 65
Ivanhoe 10540 .1 .0 * 21.0 35.2 60
Jones Pass 10430 .0 .0 * 26.4 34.1 77
Kiln 9610 .0 .0 * 13.6 24.0 57
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.5 34.9 82
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.2 23.0 75
Mc Clure Pass 8760 -M .0 * -M 32.3 *
Mccoy Park 9500 .0 .0 * 24.5 28.6 86
Mesa Lakes 10160 .2 .0 * 25.9 33.8 77
Middle Fork Camp 8960 .2 .0 * 17.0 25.7 66
Nast Lake 8710 .0 .0 * 13.3 20.6 65
North Lost Trail 9190 .1 .0 * 26.1 35.4 74
Overland Res. 9890 .1 .0 * 22.9 29.6 77
Park Reservoir 9990 .0 .0 * 36.2 39.7 91
Phantom Valley 9030 .0 .0 * 18.6 24.2 77
Schofield Pass 10640 .4 .0 * 40.7 46.8 87
Stillwater Creek 8760 .0 -M * 13.8 18.4 75
Summit Ranch 9350 .1 .0 * 17.7 24.4 73
Vail Mountain 10290 .3 .0 * 21.5 34.6 62
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 23.0 26.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 74
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake 9490 .1 .0 * 24.2 33.8 72
Berthoud Summit 11300 .1 .0 * 28.3 40.2 70
Black Mountain 8940 .1 .0 * 17.4 27.4 64
Buckskin Joe 11160 .1 .0 * 17.2 28.7 60
Copeland Lake 8570 .1 .0 * 19.0 27.2 70
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.4 75
Echo Lake 10660 .0 .0 * 21.2 26.2 81
Hoosier Pass 11600 .0 .0 * 20.0 29.4 68
Hourglass Lake 9380 .0 .0 * 18.8 25.0 75
Jackwhacker Gulch 11030 .1 .0 * 29.1 30.6 95
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.5 43.6 81
Lake Eldora 9700 1.0 .0 * 21.4 30.1 71
Lake Irene 10680 .0 .0 * 28.5 34.9 82
Long Draw Resv 9980 .0 .0 * 24.3 28.4 86
Loveland Basin 11410 .1 .0 * 24.4 33.4 73
Michigan Creek 10700 .1 .0 * 22.3 28.2 79
Niwot 9940 .1 .0 * 25.1 30.4 83
Rough And Tumble 10420 .1 .0 * 13.0 20.0 65
Sawtooth 9640 .1 -M * 33.9 -M *
University Camp 10330 .0 .0 * 29.1 36.0 81
Wild Basin 9410 .1 .0 * 23.5 30.4 77
Willow Park 10710 .1 .0 * 32.7 37.2 88
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Basin Index (%) * 76
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge 10960 .0 .0 * 28.5 37.0 77
Blackhall Mtn 9830 .1 .0 * 34.9 43.8 80
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Deadman Hill 10240 .1 .0 * 22.7 30.4 75
Joe Wright 10140 .2 .0 * 35.5 43.6 81
Never Summer 10300 2.3 .0 * 24.7 32.6 76
Rawah 9100 .1 .0 * 21.4 28.4 75
Roach 9710 .0 .0 * 24.6 32.7 75
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.2 57.9 85
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * 37.4 42.0 89
Willow Creek Pass 9520 .6 .0 * 23.0 26.2 88
Zirkel 9320 .1 .0 * 38.3 43.3 88
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Basin Index (%) * 82
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain 7460 .3 .0 * 24.3 24.0 101
Bear River 9100 .1 .0 * 19.2 24.4 79
Bison Lake 10950 .1 .0 * 33.2 40.6 82
Buffalo Park 9240 .2 .0 * 18.1 24.8 73
Burro Mountain 9290 .1 .0 * 26.1 31.8 82
Columbine 9170 .5 .0 * 31.8 37.4 85
Crosho 8960 .0 .0 * 22.6 26.4 86
Divide Peak 8700 .2 .0 * 27.0 31.7 85
Dry Lake 8240 .1 .0 * 30.8 37.4 82
Elk River 8710 .1 .0 * 28.4 31.1 91
Elkhead Divide 8780 .0 -M * 26.8 -M *
Little Snake River 8930 .1 .0 * 41.1 47.2 87
Lost Dog 9350 .0 .0 * 29.7 36.6 81
Lynx Pass 8910 .2 .0 * 17.2 23.0 75
Old Battle 9840 -M .0 * -M 50.2 *
Rabbit Ears 9390 .1 .0 * 37.8 45.2 84
Ripple Creek 10340 .0 .0 * 28.5 38.6 74
Sage Creek Basin 7830 .0 .0 * 18.2 22.2 82
Sandstone RS 8150 .0 .0 * 23.6 27.5 86
Tower 10610 .0 .0 * 49.2 57.9 85
Trapper Lake 9750 .0 -M * 23.8 31.9 75
Whiskey Park 8950 .1 .0 * 37.4 42.0 89
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Basin Index (%) * 83
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa 10000 .2 .0 * 15.5 26.0 60
Brumley 10570 .1 .0 * 18.3 23.6 78
Fremont Pass 11310 .1 .0 * 18.1 29.3 62
Glen Cove 11410 .5 .0 * 24.1 30.0 80
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 24.0 27.0 89
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 21.3 23.8 89
Porphyry Creek 10790 .1 .0 * 24.3 26.6 91
Saint Elmo 10420 .2 .0 * 20.0 24.7 81
South Colony 10790 .3 .0 * 33.9 42.3 80
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 19.7 30.0 66
Whiskey Ck 10260 .1 .0 * 16.3 32.6 50
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Basin Index (%) * 75
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown 11580 .5 .0 * 43.4 38.8 112
Cochetopa Pass 10020 .3 .0 * 14.0 17.3 81
Culebra #2 10560 .0 .0 * 15.8 27.0 59
Cumbres Trestle 10030 .3 .0 * 32.4 38.7 84
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 40.4 -M *
Grayback 11620 .1 -M * 25.6 32.4 79
Hayden Pass 10700 .2 .0 * 24.0 27.0 89
Lily Pond 11070 .1 .0 * 25.3 31.2 81
Medano Pass 9650 .0 .0 * 21.3 23.8 89
Middle Creek 11260 .2 .0 * 40.8 38.9 105
Moon Pass 11110 .0 .0 * 15.6 19.8 79
North Costilla 10570 .0 .0 * 17.7 27.2 65
Rat Creek 11680 1.0 -M * 25.5 -M *
San Antonio Sink 9120 .0 -M * 13.4 -M *
Sargents Mesa 11490 .0 .0 * 18.9 24.0 79
Shuree 10070 .1 .0 * 12.4 19.8 63
Slumgullion 11560 .1 .0 * 21.8 23.8 92
Trinchera 10860 .2 .0 * 12.8 22.3 57
Upper Rio Grande 9370 .1 .0 * 23.7 19.0 125
Ute Creek 10720 .1 .0 * 19.7 30.0 66
Wager Gulch 11110 .3 -M * 22.5 -M *
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 46.2 49.2 94
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Basin Index (%) * 85
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown 11580 .5 .0 * 43.4 38.8 112
Black Mesa 11580 .0 -M * 38.2 -M *
Cascade 8900 -M .0 * -M 31.8 *
Cascade #2 8990 .1 .0 * 33.8 31.4 108
Columbine Pass 9160 .1 .0 * 29.1 34.1 85
Columbus Basin 10780 .0 .0 * 45.3 42.6 106
El Diente Peak 10210 .0 .0 * 32.3 32.4 100
Elwood Pass 11680 .2 -M * 40.4 -M *
Lizard Head Pass 10190 .1 .0 * 27.2 27.4 99
Lone Cone 9730 .0 .0 * 31.6 33.4 95
Mancos 10020 .0 .0 * 27.6 30.7 90
Mineral Creek 10030 .0 .0 * 31.0 30.5 102
Molas Lake 10610 .1 .0 * 32.6 33.2 98
Red Mountain Pass 11060 .2 .0 * 36.8 41.4 89
Scotch Creek 9160 .0 .0 * 25.3 28.0 90
Sharkstooth 10730 .1 .0 * 33.6 39.3 85
Spud Mountain 10660 .0 .0 * 49.2 45.4 108
Stump Lakes 11230 .1 .0 * 39.3 34.8 113
Upper San Juan 10140 .1 .0 * 49.4 51.0 97
Vallecito 10740 .1 .0 * 40.0 30.9 129
Weminuche Creek 10730 .0 .0 * 42.2 41.0 103
Wolf Creek Summit 10930 .1 .0 * 46.2 49.2 94
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Basin Index (%) * 100
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