Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Comparison Update Report

Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Comparison Update Report

Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites

**Provisional data, subject to revision**

Data based on the first reading of the day (typically 00:00) for Friday, January 23, 2026

Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Snow Water Equivalent			Current as Percent of 2025	Current as Percent of Median	2025 as Percent of Median
Basin Site Name	Elev (ft)	Current (in)	2025 (in)	Median (in)	Current as Percent of 2025	Current as Percent of Median	2025 as Percent of Median
GUNNISON RIVER BASIN
Butte	10190	-M	8.1	7.2	*	*	112
Castle Peak	11510	-M	12.4	N/A	*	*	*
Cochetopa Pass	10020	2.4	3.3	2.8₍₁₆₎	73	86	118
Columbine Pass	9160	-M	7.4	9.7	*	*	76
Idarado	9780	-M	7.0	7.2	*	*	97
Mc Clure Pass	8760	-M	7.0	9.0	*	*	78
Mesa Lakes	10160	-M	7.0	8.9	*	*	79
Overland Res.	9890	-M	5.2	6.4	*	*	81
Park Cone	9600	-M	5.5	5.2	*	*	106
Park Reservoir	9990	-M	8.5	13.0	*	*	65
Porphyry Creek	10790	-M	11.4	8.6	*	*	133
Rat Creek	11680	-M	8.0	N/A	*	*	*
Red Mountain Pass	11060	-M	12.0	12.2	*	*	98
Sargents Mesa	11490	-M	5.0	5.8₍₁₂₎	*	*	86
Schofield Pass	10640	-M	13.5	16.2	*	*	83
Slumgullion	11560	-M	7.8	7.9	*	*	99
Upper Taylor	10710	4.4	7.2	7.3₍₁₁₎	61	60	99
Wager Gulch	11110	-M	7.3	N/A	*	*	*
Basin Index (%)		65				67*	91
UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
Arapaho Ridge	10960	-M	11.3	12.4₍₁₈₎	*	*	91
Bear River	9100	-M	5.7	6.2₍₁₆₎	*	*	92
Beaver Ck Village	8530	-M	6.9	6.9₍₁₇₎	*	*	100
Berthoud Summit	11300	-M	11.0	9.7	*	*	113
Bison Lake	10950	6.4	9.9	13.8	65	46	72
Buffalo Park	9240	-M	7.5	7.8₍₂₅₎	*	*	96
Castle Peak	11510	-M	12.4	N/A	*	*	*
Chapman Tunnel	10090	-M	8.0	8.5₍₁₃₎	*	*	94
Columbine	9170	-M	13.5	13.0	*	*	104
Copper Mountain	10500	-M	9.9	7.7	*	*	129
Elliot Ridge	10550	-M	11.1	9.3₍₁₁₎	*	*	119
Fool Creek	11130	-M	10.7	N/A	*	*	*
Fremont Pass	11310	-M	10.4	8.8	*	*	118
Grizzly Peak	11110	5.2	10.6	9.0	49	58	118
High Lonesome	10630	-M	10.1	N/A	*	*	*
Hoosier Pass	11600	-M	9.1	8.5	*	*	107
Independence Pass	10570	-M	9.2	9.1	*	*	101
Ivanhoe	10540	-M	9.8	7.2₍₂₉₎	*	*	136
Jones Pass	10430	-M	8.4	8.5₍₂₁₎	*	*	99
Kiln	9610	-M	7.0	6.6	*	*	106
Lake Irene	10680	-M	12.1	12.4	*	*	98
Lynx Pass	8910	-M	5.9	6.2	*	*	95
Mc Clure Pass	8760	-M	7.0	9.0	*	*	78
Mccoy Park	9500	-M	7.6	7.8₍₁₈₎	*	*	97
Mesa Lakes	10160	-M	7.0	8.9	*	*	79
Middle Fork Camp	8960	3.1	5.9	6.4₍₁₉₎	53	48	92
Nast Lake	8710	-M	5.3	4.2	*	*	126
North Lost Trail	9190	-M	7.9	8.0	*	*	99
Overland Res.	9890	-M	5.2	6.4	*	*	81
Park Reservoir	9990	-M	8.5	13.0	*	*	65
Phantom Valley	9030	-M	5.5	5.8	*	*	95
Schofield Pass	10640	-M	13.5	16.2	*	*	83
Stillwater Creek	8760	-M	3.7	N/A	*	*	*
Summit Ranch	9350	-M	6.6	6.0	*	*	110
Vail Mountain	10290	-M	8.7	9.8	*	*	89
Willow Creek Pass	9520	3.4	6.5	7.0	52	49	93
Basin Index (%)		55				50*	97
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN
Bear Lake	9490	-M	7.6	8.2	*	*	93
Berthoud Summit	11300	-M	11.0	9.7	*	*	113
Black Mountain	8940	-M	5.0	6.2₍₁₀₎	*	*	81
Buckskin Joe	11160	1.9	5.4	5.4₍₂₁₎	35	35	100
Copeland Lake	8570	-M	3.8	3.2	*	*	119
Deadman Hill	10240	-M	9.4	10.0	*	*	94
Echo Lake	10660	-M	4.3	3.2₍₂₂₎	*	*	134
Hoosier Pass	11600	-M	9.1	8.5	*	*	107
Hourglass Lake	9380	-M	7.2	6.0₍₁₂₎	*	*	120
Jackwhacker Gulch	11030	-M	6.2	6.2₍₂₂₎	*	*	100
Joe Wright	10140	-M	11.6	10.6	*	*	109
Lake Eldora	9700	-M	6.7	6.4	*	*	105
Lake Irene	10680	-M	12.1	12.4	*	*	98
Long Draw Resv	9980	8.2	8.4	9.3₍₁₁₎	98	88	90
Loveland Basin	11410	-M	9.6	10.2₍₂₈₎	*	*	94
Michigan Creek	10700	2.3	5.5	5.8₍₂₂₎	42	40	95
Niwot	9940	-M	7.4	6.3	*	*	117
Rough And Tumble	10420	1.1	4.2	3.0₍₂₂₎	26	37	140
Sawtooth	9640	-M	13.3	N/A	*	*	*
University Camp	10330	-M	8.2	7.8	*	*	105
Wild Basin	9410	-M	7.7	7.8₍₁₅₎	*	*	99
Willow Park	10710	-M	8.7	9.0	*	*	97
Basin Index (%)		57				57*	103
LARAMIE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASINS
Arapaho Ridge	10960	-M	11.3	12.4₍₁₈₎	*	*	91
Blackhall Mtn	9830	-M	14.6	16.4₍₁₁₎	*	*	89
Columbine	9170	-M	13.5	13.0	*	*	104
Deadman Hill	10240	-M	9.4	10.0	*	*	94
Joe Wright	10140	-M	11.6	10.6	*	*	109
Never Summer	10300	7.0	9.8	10.7₍₁₈₎	71	65	92
Rawah	9100	-M	6.2	6.4₍₁₈₎	*	*	97
Roach	9710	-M	7.2	9.0	*	*	80
Tower	10610	-M	23.3	23.4	*	*	100
Whiskey Park	8950	-M	13.9	14.9	*	*	93
Willow Creek Pass	9520	3.4	6.5	7.0	52	49	93
Zirkel	9320	-M	11.4	15.8₍₁₈₎	*	*	72
Basin Index (%)		64				59*	93
YAMPA AND WHITE RIVER BASINS
Battle Mountain	7460	2.8	6.4	6.6	44	42	97
Bear River	9100	-M	5.7	6.2₍₁₆₎	*	*	92
Bison Lake	10950	6.4	9.9	13.8	65	46	72
Buffalo Park	9240	-M	7.5	7.8₍₂₅₎	*	*	96
Burro Mountain	9290	-M	8.1	8.3	*	*	98
Columbine	9170	-M	13.5	13.0	*	*	104
Crosho	8960	-M	7.3	7.0	*	*	104
Divide Peak	8700	-M	9.1	11.0	*	*	83
Dry Lake	8240	-M	12.2	11.8	*	*	103
Elk River	8710	6.3	8.5	9.9	74	64	86
Elkhead Divide	8780	-M	8.2	N/A	*	*	*
Little Snake River	8930	-M	11.9	14.2₍₁₆₎	*	*	84
Lost Dog	9350	-M	10.0	12.2₍₂₂₎	*	*	82
Lynx Pass	8910	-M	5.9	6.2	*	*	95
Old Battle	9840	-M	14.1	16.8	*	*	84
Rabbit Ears	9390	-M	13.3	13.3	*	*	100
Ripple Creek	10340	-M	13.0	13.8	*	*	94
Sage Creek Basin	7830	-M	6.3	7.9₍₁₉₎	*	*	80
Sandstone RS	8150	-M	7.9	7.3	*	*	108
Tower	10610	-M	23.3	23.4	*	*	100
Trapper Lake	9750	4.1	6.9	N/A	59	*	*
Whiskey Park	8950	-M	13.9	14.9	*	*	93
Basin Index (%)		62				51*	92
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
Apishapa	10000	-M	2.4	3.8	*	*	63
Brumley	10570	2.5	6.1	5.8	41	43	105
Fremont Pass	11310	-M	10.4	8.8	*	*	118
Glen Cove	11410	-M	2.9	1.8₍₁₆₎	*	*	161
Hayden Pass	10700	-M	7.8	9.3₍₁₃₎	*	*	84
Medano Pass	9650	-M	3.2	3.3₍₂₅₎	*	*	97
Porphyry Creek	10790	-M	11.4	8.6	*	*	133
Saint Elmo	10420	2.0	6.6	5.9₍₁₃₎	30	34	112
South Colony	10790	-M	7.4	10.3₍₂₉₎	*	*	72
Ute Creek	10720	-M	3.8	6.4₍₂₀₎	*	*	59
Whiskey Ck	10260	1.9	2.9	5.6	66	34	52
Basin Index (%)		41				37*	93
UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN
Beartown	11580	5.2	9.6	11.8	54	44	81
Cochetopa Pass	10020	2.4	3.3	2.8₍₁₆₎	73	86	118
Culebra #2	10560	-M	4.8	6.8	*	*	71
Cumbres Trestle	10030	7.4	6.7	13.1	110	56	51
Elwood Pass	11680	-M	9.4	N/A	*	*	*
Grayback	11620	-M	3.3	N/A	*	*	*
Hayden Pass	10700	-M	7.8	9.3₍₁₃₎	*	*	84
Lily Pond	11070	2.9	4.1	7.0	71	41	59
Medano Pass	9650	-M	3.2	3.3₍₂₅₎	*	*	97
Middle Creek	11260	-M	6.8	11.1	*	*	61
Moon Pass	11110	2.2	4.5	3.8₍₁₂₎	49	58	118
North Costilla	10570	-M	0.0	4.2	*	*	0
Rat Creek	11680	-M	8.0	N/A	*	*	*
San Antonio Sink	9120	-M	3.2	N/A	*	*	*
Sargents Mesa	11490	-M	5.0	5.8₍₁₂₎	*	*	86
Shuree	10070	-M	2.9	3.2₍₁₀₎	*	*	91
Slumgullion	11560	-M	7.8	7.9	*	*	99
Trinchera	10860	-M	5.7	5.9	*	*	97
Upper Rio Grande	9370	-M	2.7	3.8	*	*	71
Ute Creek	10720	-M	3.8	6.4₍₂₀₎	*	*	59
Wager Gulch	11110	-M	7.3	N/A	*	*	*
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	-M	11.6	18.8	*	*	62
Basin Index (%)		71				52*	72
SAN MIGUEL, DOLORES, ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASINS
Beartown	11580	5.2	9.6	11.8	54	44	81
Black Mesa	11580	-M	9.2	N/A	*	*	*
Cascade	8900	-M	-M	6.8	*	*	*
Cascade #2	8990	-M	3.6	5.9	*	*	61
Columbine Pass	9160	-M	7.4	9.7	*	*	76
Columbus Basin	10780	6.6	9.6	13.6₍₂₆₎	69	49	71
El Diente Peak	10210	3.6	5.7	6.9	63	52	83
Elwood Pass	11680	-M	9.4	N/A	*	*	*
Lizard Head Pass	10190	-M	8.0	8.0	*	*	100
Lone Cone	9730	-M	6.2	8.9	*	*	70
Mancos	10020	-M	2.9	9.2₍₂₆₎	*	*	32
Mineral Creek	10030	-M	7.5	8.0	*	*	94
Molas Lake	10610	-M	8.5	9.7	*	*	88
Red Mountain Pass	11060	-M	12.0	12.2	*	*	98
Scotch Creek	9160	-M	5.7	6.2	*	*	92
Sharkstooth	10730	-M	5.4	10.2₍₁₆₎	*	*	53
Spud Mountain	10660	-M	8.7	14.0	*	*	62
Stump Lakes	11230	-M	8.4	10.0	*	*	84
Upper San Juan	10140	-M	6.9	15.4	*	*	45
Vallecito	10740	-M	4.6	8.2	*	*	56
Weminuche Creek	10730	-M	6.3	9.4₍₁₀₎	*	*	67
Wolf Creek Summit	10930	-M	11.6	18.8	*	*	62
Basin Index (%)		62				48*	71

-M = Missing data.
* = Analysis may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
N/A = Not available.

Footnotes for median and average:
(##) = If less than 30 years are available, this value specifies the number of years used for the median and average calculations.
Sites with less than 10 years available do not have medians or averages.

The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT represents the depth of water in the snowpack, if the
snowpack were melted, expressed in inches.

Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.

Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1991-2020.

Provisional data, subject to revision.

* Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water equivalent, the median or average for the day is less than 10% of the maximum median or average value for the year.

* Basin - More than half of the stations for a basin with normals report missing or invalid data.

The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values divided by the sum of the corresponding medians or averages and the resulting fraction multiplied by 100.