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Idaho snowpack

At the start of October 13, 2026, 41 of 82 SNOTEL stations in Idaho showed snow on the pillow. The most snow sat at Bostetter R.S. 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

Bostetter R.S.: 0.8″Bostetter R.S. 0.8″Camas Creek Divide: 0.6″Camas Creek Divide 0.6″Cozy Cove: 0.6″Cozy Cove 0.6″Magic Mountain: 0.6″Crab Creek: 0.5″Graham Guard Sta.: 0.5″Moose Creek: 0.5″Somsen Ranch: 0.5″Wilson Creek: 0.5″Pine Creek Pass: 0.4″Bear Canyon: 0.3″Deadwood Summit: 0.3″Meadow Lake: 0.3″Perreau Meadows: 0.3″Trinity Mtn.: 0.3″Dollarhide Summit: 0.2″Hidden Lake: 0.2″Howell Canyon: 0.2″Mica Creek: 0.2″Mill Creek Summit: 0.2″Mores Creek Summit: 0.2″Savage Pass: 0.2″Vienna Mine: 0.2″Banner Summit: 0.1″Bogus Basin: 0.1″Cool Creek: 0.1″Crater Meadows: 0.1″Emigrant Summit: 0.1″Hemlock Butte: 0.1″Hyndman: 0.1″Long Valley: 0.1″Lookout: 0.1″Lost Lake: 0.1″Lost-Wood Divide: 0.1″Mahogany Creek: 0.1″Mud Flat: 0.1″Puhi Flat: 0.1″Ragged Mountain: 0.1″Schwartz Lake: 0.1″Secesh Summit: 0.1″Sedgwick Peak: 0.1″Smiley Mountain: 0.1″Atlanta Summit: 0.0″Bear Basin: 0.0″Bear Mountain: 0.0″Bear Saddle: 0.0″Big Creek Summit: 0.0″Brundage Reservoir: 0.0″Chocolate Gulch: 0.0″Couch Summit: 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″Giveout: 0.0″Hilts Creek: 0.0″Humboldt Gulch: 0.0″Island Park: 0.0″Jackson Peak: 0.0″Lolo Pass: 0.0″Moonshine: 0.0″Morgan Creek: 0.0″Moscow Mountain: 0.0″Mosquito Ridge: 0.0″Mountain Meadows: 0.0″Myrtle Creek: 0.0″Oxford Spring: 0.0″Pebble Creek: 0.0″Pierce R.S.: 0.0″Prairie: 0.0″Reynolds Creek: 0.0″Schweitzer Basin: 0.0″Shanghi Summit: 0.0″Sheep Mtn.: 0.0″Sherwin: 0.0″Slug Creek Divide: 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 13, 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 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Banner Summit7,040 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Bear Basin5,350 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Bear Canyon7,920 ft0.3 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.3 inches0 inchesOct 13
Bear Mountain5,460 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Bear Saddle6,170 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/an/a0 inchesOct 13
Big Creek Summit6,550 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Bogus Basin6,370 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inchesn/aOct 13
Bostetter R.S.7,530 ft0.8 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.8 inches4 inchesOct 13
Brundage Reservoir6,280 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Camas Creek Divide5,720 ft0.6 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.6 inches0 inchesOct 13
Chocolate Gulch6,310 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Cool Creek6,320 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Couch Summit6,780 ft0.0 inchesn/an/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Cozy Cove5,410 ft0.6 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.6 inches0 inchesOct 13
Crab Creek6,870 ft0.5 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.5 inches1 inchesOct 13
Crater Meadows5,960 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Deadwood Summit6,990 ft0.3 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.3 inches0 inchesOct 13
Dollarhide Summit8,390 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
Elk Butte5,680 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Emigrant Summit7,390 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches2 inchesOct 13
Fish Ck6,380 ft0.0 inchesn/an/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Franklin Basin8,140 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Galena7,470 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Galena Summit8,790 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Garfield R.S.6,580 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/an/a0 inchesOct 11
Giveout6,940 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Graham Guard Sta.5,690 ft0.5 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.5 inches0 inchesOct 13
Hemlock Butte5,800 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Hidden Lake5,000 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches3 inchesOct 13
Hilts Creek8,090 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Howell Canyon8,010 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
Humboldt Gulch4,260 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/an/a0 inchesOct 9
Hyndman7,590 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Island Park6,300 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Jackson Peak7,060 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/an/a0 inchesOct 9
Lolo Pass5,280 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Long Valley4,890 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Lookout5,180 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Lost Lake6,090 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Lost-Wood Divide7,870 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Magic Mountain6,940 ft0.6 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.6 inches4 inchesOct 13
Mahogany Creek8,390 ft0.1 inchesn/an/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Meadow Lake9,190 ft0.3 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.3 inches4 inchesOct 13
Mica Creek4,480 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
Mill Creek Summit8,780 ft0.2 inches0.1 inches200%+0.2 inches3 inchesOct 13
Moonshine7,490 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/an/a0 inchesOct 9
Moose Creek6,170 ft0.5 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.5 inches4 inchesOct 13
Mores Creek Summit6,090 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
Morgan Creek7,620 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Moscow Mountain4,700 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Mosquito Ridge5,270 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Mountain Meadows6,340 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Mud Flat5,750 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Myrtle Creek3,540 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Oxford Spring6,790 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Pebble Creek6,520 ft0.0 inchesn/an/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Perreau Meadows8,580 ft0.3 inchesn/an/a+0.3 inches1 inchesOct 13
Pierce R.S.3,080 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Pine Creek Pass6,710 ft0.4 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.4 inches0 inchesOct 13
Prairie4,800 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Puhi Flat6,240 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Ragged Mountain4,210 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches2 inchesOct 12
Reynolds Creek5,590 ft0.0 inchesn/an/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Savage Pass6,170 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
Schwartz Lake8,620 ft0.1 inches0.2 inches50%+0.1 inchesn/aOct 13
Schweitzer Basin6,090 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Secesh Summit6,530 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 13
Sedgwick Peak7,800 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inchesn/aOct 13
Shanghi Summit4,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Sheep Mtn.6,630 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Sherwin3,190 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Slug Creek Divide7,240 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Smiley Mountain9,540 ft0.1 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.1 inches1 inchesOct 13
Soldier R.S.5,780 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Somsen Ranch6,830 ft0.5 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.5 inches1 inchesOct 13
South Mtn.6,650 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Stickney Mill7,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Sunset5,570 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Swede Peak7,640 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Trinity Mtn.7,790 ft0.3 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.3 inches2 inchesOct 13
Van Wyck4,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Vienna Mine8,930 ft0.2 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 13
West Branch5,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
White Elephant7,670 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inchesn/aOct 13
Wildhorse Divide6,480 ft0.0 inches0.0 inchesn/a0.0 inches0 inchesOct 13
Wilson Creek7,110 ft0.5 inches0.0 inchesn/a+0.5 inches0 inchesOct 13

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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