GLIMS: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

Monitoring the World's Changing Glaciers

GLIMS Meeting 2017, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Workshop location

The workshop will be held in the CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) building on the main campus of the University of Colorado. Location Map. Once you get close to the building marked with a star in that map, follow these directions to the Fellows Room in the CIRES building. It is on the second floor (1st floor is the ground floor in the USA).

Walking directions from the two hotels below

Hotels in Boulder

We have blocks of rooms reserved at a discounted rate in the following hotels. The blocks are reserved until July 11, but booking even earlier is recommended. Workshop participants will make their own reservations and guarantee bookings with individual credit cards. Unconfirmed rooms in block will be released 30 days prior to arrival (July 11). [UPDATE: blocks have been released. Rates are now likely to be different from below.]

Millennium Harvest House Boulder
1345 Twenty-Eighth Street
Boulder, CO 80302-6899
+1-303-443-3850
Global Website: Website
Group code: 1708GLIMSW
Rooms in this block include two double beds
Group Rate: $148
Included: wifi, hot breakfast (Hotel Fact Sheet)
Direct link to GLIMS block of rooms (or you can call the hotel directly and use the code above)

Best Western Plus Boulder Inn
770 28th St, Boulder, CO 80303
+1-303-449-3800
Website
Group code: call 800-233-8469 and reference code GLIMS
Rooms in this block include one king bed
Group Rate: $179
Included: wifi, hot breakfast (Hotel Fact Sheet)

Transportation to Boulder

RTD Bus service

Drops off 800 meters from the Boulder Inn, or 150 meters from the Millennium with one bus transfer. $13 one way. Find information about the AB bus at www.rtd-denver.com

Boulder Green Ride Shuttle

Delivers to the front door of the hotel. $33 each way / $60 round trip. +1-303-997-0238 www.greenrideboulder.com

Driving Directions

Follow Airport Exit signs to Pena Blvd. After 9.7 miles, Pena Blvd. merges into I-70W.
From I-70 W - Take the I-270 N Exit (exit number 279) toward Fort Collins.
Merge onto US-36 W. This freeway terminates in Boulder.

Estimated Time: Approx. 48 Minutes (Allow an hour during peak traffic times) Estimated Total Distance: 70 km (45 miles)

Rental Car Agencies Located at the Denver International Airport

Some things to do in Boulder during Summer

Hike in the Boulder Mountain Parks.
bouldercolorado.gov/osmp

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has been named as one of the top three Shakespeare festivals in the nation by TIME Magazine. Under the stars on the University of Colorado campus:
www.coloradoshakes.org

Boulder's summer classic music festival at the historic Chautauqua park
www.coloradomusicfest.org

The largest friendliest farmers market in Colorado in the heart of downtown
boulderfarmers.org

The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
www.bmoca.org

The Dushanbe Teahouse, the only structure of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The stunning teahouse was given to the city of Boulder by its sister city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan as a symbol of U.S. and Soviet relations. In downtown Boulder, open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
www.BoulderTeaHouse.com

The Boulder Outdoor Cinema - Movies under the stars on a beautiful Boulder night
boulderoutdoorcinema.com

Boulder's only professional resident theatre
www.nomadstage.com