LABORATORY USAGE FEES

Description	Direct Cost rate	Federal (ICR included)
Laboratory facility fee	$241/day	$371/day
Meals & lift ticket (day)	$62/person/day	$95/person/day
Dinner & lodging at SPL	$56/person/night	$86/person/night
Research instrument set up	$530/instrument	$816/instrument
Instructional support	$114/hour	$176/hour
Technical support	$74/hour	$114/hour
Snow cat transport	$598 per day	$921 per day
Annual space usage-level 1	$1961/year	$3020/year
Annual space usage-level 2	$2347/year	$3614/year

 

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Aerosol Concentration

• Multiple TSI Condensation Particle Counters (including ultrafine)

Aerosol Optical Properties

• TSI Nephelometer – 3λ

• CLAP – 3λ

Aerosol size distributions

• TSI Nano-SMPS, SMPS & APS

• DMT Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)

Multi-Filter Shadow-band Radiometer (UV & Visible)

DMT Cloud droplet size distributions probes

• Cloud Imaging Probe 25–1550 μm

• Precipitation Imaging Probe 100-6200 μm

CO2 Measurement – Britt Stephens, NCAR

O3, SO2, CO, NOx Measurements – Thermo Scientific

Water Vapor Isotope – Picarro

Cold Room - Cloud Sieves

 

Meteorological Station - 7 on Mountain

Barometer

Temperature Sensor

Relative Humidity Sensor

De-iced Wind Vane

De-iced Anemometer

Cahn microbalance

For shipment of equipment by FedEx or UPS to SPL please use the following address.  Please do not request a signature, as this is a secure warehouse.

Storm Peak Laboratory
2540 Copper Ridge Unit #5
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

Phone: (970) 819-2842

AIRPORT SERVICES

Airport services via jet flights on a daily basis are available to Hayden, Colorado (HDN)(40 km from SPL) including non-stop jet service during winter from major cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Year-round commuter flights can also be taken from Denver (DIA)and Colorado Springs (COS), Colorado. Ground shuttle service is available year-round from the Denver International Airport to Steamboat Springs (3.5 hr drive) from Alpine Taxi .

Diverse accommodations and services can be found within the town of Steamboat Springs(4 km from SPL) including free local bus service to the Steamboat Ski Mountain Resort.

DRIVING

Denver/Boulder
157 miles Northwest of Denver, an easy 3 hour drive. Take I 70 west through the Eisenhower Tunnel to Silverthorne, Exit 205 (67 miles). Take CO 9 North to Kremmling (37 miles), then West on US 40 to Steamboat Springs (53 miles). Alternate Routes if Rabbit Ears Pass is Closed and you’re coming from Denver or Colorado Springs. Proceed past Kremmling, and head west on US 40 until the intersection with CO 134 (6 miles). Turn left and go over Gore Pass (CO 134). At Toponas, take Colorado 131 north to Steamboat Springs (40 miles). Or, take I 70 west (through Vail) until Exit 157. Take CO 131 North to Steamboat Springs (75 miles), then left on US 40 to town (4 miles).

Fort Collins
Take CO 14 West, through Poudre Canyon, over Cameron Pass until Walden, CO. Take CO 14 (toward Steamboat Springs) until US 40, and turn right (West) over Muddy and Rabbit Ears Passes to Steamboat Springs.

Grand Junction
Take I 70 West through Glenwood Springs and Eagle to Exit 157(117 miles). Take CO 131 North (75 miles) to US 40. Turn left on US 40 to Steamboat Springs (4 miles).

Laramie, Wyoming
Take WY 230 West (Snowy Range exit) through Mountain Home to the Wyoming/Colorado border, the road changes to CO 127. Stay on CO 127 to Walden. Take CO 14 West to US 40 at Muddy Pass and Rabbit Ears Pass to Steamboat Springs.

Salt Lake City
Take US 40/UT 189 South to Heber City, UT. Stay on US 40, Steamboat Springs is about 5 1/2 hours from Park City.

ACCESSING STORM PEAK LABORATORY ONCE IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Winter: December – April
During the winter (December – April) accessing Storm Peak Lab is easiest via skis and/or snowboard. Thanks to the generosity of the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation, Storm Peak Lab receives discounted daily lift tickets for all researchers associated with Storm Peak Lab. The lift hours are from 9 am – 3 pm. We suggest arriving at the base no later than 1 pm for accessing the lab via ski lifts. For non-skiers to access Storm Peak Lab they will need to ride up on a snowmobile, and that is done before the ski resort opens at 8 am and after it closes at 4:30 p.m.

Summer: June – October
During the summer (June – October) Storm Peak Lab is accessible via four wheel drive vehicle. Storm Peak Lab has an agreement to use the dirt road that the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation maintains. A vehicle pass is required to travel on this road, and advanced notice is require to obtain the pass. A valid drivers license, vehicle registration,and proof of insurance is required to obtain the pass.

May and November
Accessing Storm Peak Lab in May and November is only possible via snowmobile with the Storm Peak Lab staff.