Is Colorado having a good snow season?
Colorado had a well-below-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 3rd percentile versus its own history (19 official gauges).
Based on official gauge data. Methodology. 19 complete / 19 mountains. The typical complete mountain is having a lean year versus its own history (median percentile 3).
Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall, NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation, CA DWR CDEC precipitation, BC ASWS PC, ECCC climate-daily). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.
See Colorado on the map · 2025-26 nationally · Methodology
- 1Monarch, CO12.1 in water · typical 16.7 in water18
- 2Purgatory, CO11.6 in water · typical 16.5 in water9
- 3Winter Park, CO131 in · typical 194 in9
- 4Wolf Creek, CO19.4 in water · typical 27.5 in water9
- 5Arapahoe Basin, CO11.6 in water · typical 18.3 in water6
- 6Keystone, CO11.6 in water · typical 18.3 in water6
- 7Aspen, CO102 in · typical 151 in3
- 8Crested Butte, CO90.6 in · typical 172 in3
- 9Loveland, CO11.1 in water · typical 18.0 in water3
- 10Beaver Creek, CO12.3 in water · typical 19.5 in water3
- 11Eldora, CO11.9 in water · typical 18.0 in water3
- 12Powderhorn, CO12.8 in water · typical 20.4 in water3
- 13Breckenridge, CO93.8 in · typical 155 in0
- 14Copper Mountain, CO10.8 in water · typical 17.3 in water0
- 15Silverton Mountain, CO16.2 in water · typical 25.2 in water0
- 16Ski Cooper, CO101 in · typical 241 in0
- 17Steamboat, CO77.7 in · typical 163 in0
- 18Telluride, CO45.4 in · typical 104 in0
- 19Vail, CO84.8 in · typical 156 in0
Is Colorado having a good snow season?
Colorado had a well-below-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 3rd percentile versus its own history (19 official gauges).
How much snow has Colorado gotten this season?
Colorado has 19 complete official gauges in 2025-26. Among complete mountains the median season percentile is 3 versus each mountain’s own history.
Which Colorado mountain is having the best snow year?
Monarch leads the complete Colorado list in 2025-26 at the 18th percentile (12.1 in water vs a typical 16.7 in water).
Where does the Colorado snow data come from?
Each Colorado row is an official gauge (NOAA GHCN-Daily, NRCS SNOTEL, CA DWR CDEC, BC ASWS, or ECCC climate-daily). Rankings are season percentile versus that mountain’s own November–April history, not a storm-total ranking and not snow depth or SWE.