Travel is pretty easy. Fly to Denver and take a shuttle van or rental car to your motel.
Flights | Airport Shuttle | Public Bus | Taxis |Rental Cars
Flights
Fly to Denver International Airport (airport code="DEN"), which is about 50 miles southeast of Boulder. The airport, often called "DIA", has car rental offices, bus and shuttle services, cabs, and restaurants. Ground transportation counters are on the baggage-claim level of main terminal (level 5), depicted at right.
Airport Shuttle
Boulder Express Shuttle 888 457-4646, 303 457-4646
Boulder SuperShuttle 303 227-0000 303 370-1300
Check in at the ground transportation counter to purchase ticket to Boulder. Shuttles leave to and from the airport hourly from ~5 AM to ~ 12:30 AM. Trip time can be as little as 65 minutes if there are few hotel stops before yours. One-way trip fare to hotels is ~ $20; roundtrip is ~ $38. You can be taken to any address in town for an extra ~ $6. Reservations possible from Boulder to the airport, but not from airport to Boulder.
Public Bus
skyRide to DIA 303 299-6000 then type 1-2-1
Check departure times at the RTD skyRide counter, inside door 506. Use Route "AB" to get to Boulder. Buses leave for Boulder every hour or so between 6:20 a.m. and 11:20 p.m. Trip time is 90 minutes or more, with several stops in Boulder. One-way fare is about $10.
Taxis
YellowCab 303 777-7777
Because of the long distance to Boulder, cab service is expensive. The fixed rate is ~ $65 one-way, depending on location.
Rental Cars
Some car rental counters may close in mid-evening (9:00pm??), so check for closing time when making reservations.
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Dan Carlson, Jacques Hueber and Florence Bocquet (all INSTAAR) after visiting two snowpack field sites in the Niwot Ridge LTER area, near Ward Colorado, January 2005. INSTAAR's Atmospheric Research Lab is investigating gas transfer through the snowpack by drawing and analyzing air from several depths. Photo: D. Helmig (INSTAAR).