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Idaho snowpack

At the start of October 4, 2026, 24 of 82 SNOTEL stations in Idaho showed snow on the pillow. The most snow sat at Cozy Cove with 0.8 in of SWE.

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All values are from the start of the day, midnight Pacific Standard Time

Idaho snowpack map

Cozy Cove: 0.8″Cozy Cove 0.8″Pine Creek Pass: 0.4″Pine Creek Pass 0.4″Somsen Ranch: 0.4″Somsen Ranch 0.4″Bear Canyon: 0.3″Wilson Creek: 0.3″Bogus Basin: 0.2″Crab Creek: 0.2″Deadwood Summit: 0.2″Dollarhide Summit: 0.2″Graham Guard Sta.: 0.2″Mores Creek Summit: 0.2″Savage Pass: 0.2″Vienna Mine: 0.2″Bostetter R.S.: 0.1″Emigrant Summit: 0.1″Giveout: 0.1″Lolo Pass: 0.1″Long Valley: 0.1″Lookout: 0.1″Mica Creek: 0.1″Moscow Mountain: 0.1″Mosquito Ridge: 0.1″Schweitzer Basin: 0.1″Trinity Mtn.: 0.1″Atlanta Summit: 0.0″Banner Summit: 0.0″Bear Basin: 0.0″Bear Mountain: 0.0″Big Creek Summit: 0.0″Brundage Reservoir: 0.0″Camas Creek Divide: 0.0″Chocolate Gulch: 0.0″Cool Creek: 0.0″Couch Summit: 0.0″Crater Meadows: 0.0″Elk Butte: 0.0″Fish Ck: 0.0″Franklin Basin: 0.0″Galena: 0.0″Galena Summit: 0.0″Garfield R.S.: 0.0″Hemlock Butte: 0.0″Hidden Lake: 0.0″Hilts Creek: 0.0″Howell Canyon: 0.0″Humboldt Gulch: 0.0″Hyndman: 0.0″Island Park: 0.0″Jackson Peak: 0.0″Lost Lake: 0.0″Lost-Wood Divide: 0.0″Magic Mountain: 0.0″Mahogany Creek: 0.0″Meadow Lake: 0.0″Mill Creek Summit: 0.0″Moonshine: 0.0″Moose Creek: 0.0″Morgan Creek: 0.0″Mountain Meadows: 0.0″Mud Flat: 0.0″Myrtle Creek: 0.0″Oxford Spring: 0.0″Pebble Creek: 0.0″Perreau Meadows: 0.0″Pierce R.S.: 0.0″Prairie: 0.0″Puhi Flat: 0.0″Ragged Mountain: 0.0″Reynolds Creek: 0.0″Schwartz Lake: 0.0″Secesh Summit: 0.0″Sedgwick Peak: 0.0″Shanghi Summit: 0.0″Sheep Mtn.: 0.0″Sherwin: 0.0″Slug Creek Divide: 0.0″Smiley Mountain: 0.0″Soldier R.S.: 0.0″South Mtn.: 0.0″Stickney Mill: 0.0″Sunset: 0.0″Swede Peak: 0.0″Van Wyck: 0.0″West Branch: 0.0″White Elephant: 0.0″Wildhorse Divide: 0.0″MTNVORUTWAWY
0.2″ 0.4″ 0.8″ Inches of snow water equivalentNo snow on the pillow
Circles mark each SNOTEL station in Idaho, with area set by SWE at the start of October 4, 2026; tap a circle for that station.

SNOTEL stations in Idaho

For every SNOTEL station in Idaho, the table lists elevation, SWE, median, percent of the 1991-2020 median, change over 7 days, depth, and reading date.
StationElevationSWEMedianPercent of median7-day changeDepthDate
Atlanta Summit7,570 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Banner Summit7,040 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bear Basin5,350 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bear Canyon7,920 ft0.3 inches0.0 inches+0.3 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bear Mountain5,460 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bear Saddle6,170 ft
Big Creek Summit6,550 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bogus Basin6,370 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inchesOct 4
Bostetter R.S.7,530 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Brundage Reservoir6,280 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Camas Creek Divide5,720 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Chocolate Gulch6,310 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Cool Creek6,320 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Couch Summit6,780 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Cozy Cove5,410 ft0.8 inches0.0 inches+0.8 inches0 inchesOct 4
Crab Creek6,870 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Crater Meadows5,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Deadwood Summit6,990 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Dollarhide Summit8,390 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Elk Butte5,680 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Emigrant Summit7,390 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Fish Ck6,380 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Franklin Basin8,140 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Galena7,470 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Galena Summit8,790 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Garfield R.S.6,580 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Giveout6,940 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Graham Guard Sta.5,690 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Hemlock Butte5,800 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Hidden Lake5,000 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Hilts Creek8,090 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Howell Canyon8,010 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Humboldt Gulch4,260 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Hyndman7,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Island Park6,300 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Jackson Peak7,060 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Lolo Pass5,280 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Long Valley4,890 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lookout5,180 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lost Lake6,090 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lost-Wood Divide7,870 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Magic Mountain6,940 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mahogany Creek8,390 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Meadow Lake9,190 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mica Creek4,480 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mill Creek Summit8,780 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Moonshine7,490 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Moose Creek6,170 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mores Creek Summit6,090 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Morgan Creek7,620 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Moscow Mountain4,700 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches2 inchesOct 4
Mosquito Ridge5,270 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mountain Meadows6,340 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mud Flat5,750 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Myrtle Creek3,540 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Oxford Spring6,790 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Pebble Creek6,520 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Perreau Meadows8,580 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Pierce R.S.3,080 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Pine Creek Pass6,710 ft0.4 inches0.0 inches+0.4 inches0 inchesOct 4
Prairie4,800 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Puhi Flat6,240 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Ragged Mountain4,210 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Reynolds Creek5,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Savage Pass6,170 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Schwartz Lake8,620 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Schweitzer Basin6,090 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Secesh Summit6,530 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sedgwick Peak7,800 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Shanghi Summit4,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Sheep Mtn.6,630 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Sherwin3,190 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Slug Creek Divide7,240 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 2
Smiley Mountain9,540 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Soldier R.S.5,780 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Somsen Ranch6,830 ft0.4 inches0.0 inches+0.4 inches1 inchesOct 4
South Mtn.6,650 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stickney Mill7,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sunset5,570 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Swede Peak7,640 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Trinity Mtn.7,790 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 4
Van Wyck4,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Vienna Mine8,930 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
West Branch5,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
White Elephant7,670 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Wildhorse Divide6,480 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Wilson Creek7,110 ft0.3 inches0.0 inches+0.3 inches0 inchesOct 4

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Record snow water equivalent by Idaho station

The ten SNOTEL stations in Idaho with the highest single-day snow water equivalent in their records.
StationSWEDateSince
Lost Lake104.4 inchesMay 7, 19971982
Bear Mountain93.3 inchesApril 24, 19971980
Cool Creek92.8 inchesMay 7, 19971984
Schweitzer Basin88.2 inchesMay 11, 19991981
Crater Meadows83.2 inchesMay 3, 19971984
Hemlock Butte80.5 inchesMay 2, 19971983
Deadwood Summit79.0 inchesApril 24, 19821980
Trinity Mtn.71.5 inchesApril 27, 19971980
Elk Butte68.9 inchesApril 20, 19971982
Mosquito Ridge61.1 inchesApril 21, 19971981

Idaho SNOTEL stations at a glance

Stations87
Highest stationSmiley Mountain, 9,540 ft
Lowest stationPierce R.S., 3,080 ft