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Montana snowpack

At the start of October 4, 2026, 30 of 95 SNOTEL stations in Montana showed snow on the pillow. The most snow sat at Clover Meadow with 0.7 in of SWE.

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

Montana snowpack map

Clover Meadow: 0.7″Clover Meadow 0.7″Slagamelt Lakes: 0.4″Slagamelt Lakes 0.4″West Yellowstone: 0.4″West Yellowstone 0.4″Banfield Mountain: 0.2″Beagle Springs: 0.2″Daly Creek: 0.2″Lakeview Ridge: 0.2″Lower Twin: 0.2″Pickfoot Creek: 0.2″Albro Lake: 0.1″Badger Pass: 0.1″Beaver Creek: 0.1″Bisson Creek: 0.1″Brackett Creek: 0.1″Copper Bottom: 0.1″Divide: 0.1″Flattop Mtn.: 0.1″Grave Creek: 0.1″Lemhi Ridge: 0.1″Lone Mountain: 0.1″Monument Peak: 0.1″Moss Peak: 0.1″Nevada Ridge: 0.1″Peterson Meadows: 0.1″Short Creek: 0.1″Stahl Peak: 0.1″Twin Lakes: 0.1″Waldron: 0.1″Whiskey Creek: 0.1″Wood Creek: 0.1″Barker Lakes: 0.0″Basin Creek: 0.0″Bassoo Peak: 0.0″Black Bear: 0.0″Black Pine: 0.0″Blacktail Mtn: 0.0″Bloody Dick: 0.0″Boulder Mountain: 0.0″Box Canyon: 0.0″Burnt Mtn: 0.0″Calvert Creek: 0.0″Carrot Basin: 0.0″Chicago Ridge: 0.0″Cole Creek: 0.0″Combination: 0.0″Copper Camp: 0.0″Crystal Lake: 0.0″Daisy Peak: 0.0″Darkhorse Lake: 0.0″Deadman Creek: 0.0″Dupuyer Creek: 0.0″East Boulder Mine: 0.0″Elk Peak Alt: 0.0″Emery Creek: 0.0″Fisher Creek: 0.0″Frohner Meadow: 0.0″Garver Creek: 0.0″Hand Creek: 0.0″Hawkins Lake: 0.0″Hoodoo Basin: 0.0″JL Meadow: 0.0″Kraft Creek: 0.0″Lick Creek: 0.0″Lubrecht Flume: 0.0″Madison Plateau: 0.0″Many Glacier: 0.0″Mill Creek: 0.0″Mount Lockhart: 0.0″Mule Creek: 0.0″N Fk Elk Creek: 0.0″Nez Perce Camp: 0.0″Noisy Basin: 0.0″North Fork Jocko: 0.0″Northeast Entrance: 0.0″Onion Park: 0.0″Pike Creek: 0.0″Placer Basin: 0.0″Poorman Creek: 0.0″Porcupine: 0.0″Rocker Peak: 0.0″Rocky Boy: 0.0″S Fork Shields: 0.0″Sacajawea: 0.0″Saddle Mtn.: 0.0″Shower Falls: 0.0″Skalkaho Summit: 0.0″Sleeping Woman: 0.0″Spur Park: 0.0″Stringer Creek: 0.0″Stryker Basin: 0.0″Stuart Mountain: 0.0″Tepee Creek: 0.0″Tizer Basin: 0.0″Twelvemile Creek: 0.0″Warm Springs: 0.0″White Mill: 0.0″IDNDSDWY
0.2″ 0.3″ 0.7″ Inches of snow water equivalentNo snow on the pillow
Circles mark each SNOTEL station in Montana, with area set by SWE at the start of October 4, 2026; tap a circle for that station.

SNOTEL stations in Montana

For every SNOTEL station in Montana, 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
Albro Lake8,500 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Badger Pass6,870 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inchesOct 4
Banfield Mountain5,580 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inchesOct 4
Barker Lakes8,250 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Basin Creek7,120 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bassoo Peak5,130 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Beagle Springs8,880 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Beaver Creek7,820 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bisson Creek4,880 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Black Bear8,160 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Black Pine7,170 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Blacktail Mtn5,660 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Bloody Dick7,570 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Boulder Mountain7,890 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Box Canyon6,720 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Brackett Creek7,370 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Burnt Mtn5,920 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Calvert Creek6,410 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Carrot Basin9,200 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Chicago Ridge5,700 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Clover Meadow8,770 ft0.7 inches0.0 inches+0.7 inches0 inchesOct 4
Cole Creek7,910 ft0.0 inches0.3 inches0%0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Combination5,620 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Copper Bottom5,200 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Copper Camp6,980 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Crystal Lake6,130 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Daisy Peak7,590 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Daly Creek5,780 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Darkhorse Lake8,930 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Deadman Creek6,440 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Divide7,770 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Dupuyer Creek5,740 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
East Boulder Mine6,310 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Elk Peak Alt7,820 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Emery Creek4,340 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Fisher Creek9,110 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Flattop Mtn.6,280 ft0.1 inches0.2 inches50%+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Frohner Meadow6,520 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Garver Creek4,250 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Grave Creek4,350 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Hand Creek5,030 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Hawkins Lake6,460 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Hoodoo Basin6,060 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
JL Meadow8,750 ft0.0 inches0 inchesSep 28
Kraft Creek4,770 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lakeview Ridge7,340 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lemhi Ridge8,080 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lick Creek6,880 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lone Mountain8,820 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lower Twin7,920 ft0.2 inches0.0 inches+0.2 inches0 inchesOct 4
Lubrecht Flume4,690 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Madison Plateau7,710 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Many Glacier4,930 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mill Creek7,420 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Monument Peak8,740 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Moss Peak6,760 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mount Lockhart6,430 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Mule Creek8,300 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
N Fk Elk Creek6,180 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Nevada Ridge7,030 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Nez Perce Camp5,670 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Noisy Basin6,070 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
North Fork Jocko6,110 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Northeast Entrance7,420 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Onion Park7,420 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Peterson Meadows7,190 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Pickfoot Creek6,680 ft0.2 inches+0.2 inches1 inchesOct 4
Pike Creek5,930 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Placer Basin8,790 ft0.0 inches0.2 inches0%0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Poorman Creek5,050 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
Porcupine6,480 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Rocker Peak7,960 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Rocky Boy4,730 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inchesOct 4
S Fork Shields8,090 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sacajawea6,610 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Saddle Mtn.7,890 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Short Creek6,990 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Shower Falls8,060 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Skalkaho Summit7,260 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Slagamelt Lakes8,600 ft0.4 inches+0.4 inches0 inchesOct 4
Sleeping Woman6,120 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Spur Park8,080 ft0.0 inches0.2 inches0%0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stahl Peak6,040 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stringer Creek6,550 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stryker Basin6,200 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Stuart Mountain7,270 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Tepee Creek7,950 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Tizer Basin6,880 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Twelvemile Creek5,530 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Twin Lakes6,380 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Waldron5,640 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
Warm Springs7,840 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
West Yellowstone6,680 ft0.4 inches0.0 inches+0.4 inches0 inchesOct 4
Whiskey Creek6,790 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4
White Mill8,730 ft0.0 inches0.0 inches0.0 inches0 inchesOct 4
Wood Creek5,970 ft0.1 inches0.0 inches+0.1 inches0 inchesOct 4

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) created the figures on this page, which are works of the US government and therefore have no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. Neither NRCS nor USDA endorses or is affiliated with WeatherTotals. See: Data sources and attribution.

Record snow water equivalent by Montana station

The ten SNOTEL stations in Montana with the highest single-day snow water equivalent in their records.
StationSWEDateSince
Hoodoo Basin88.1 inchesApril 24, 19721966
Noisy Basin80.4 inchesMay 13, 20111974
Flattop Mtn.74.9 inchesApril 26, 19721969
Black Bear73.9 inchesMay 3, 19971971
Moss Peak72.8 inchesMay 5, 19971985
North Fork Jocko70.9 inchesApril 12, 19971989
Twin Lakes70.0 inchesMay 9, 19721967
Copper Camp63.4 inchesMay 6, 20111978
Stahl Peak62.5 inchesMay 8, 20111975
Fisher Creek60.2 inchesMay 22, 19741966

Montana SNOTEL stations at a glance

Stations96
Highest stationCarrot Basin, 9,200 ft
Lowest stationGarver Creek, 4,250 ft