|
|
Bus Schedule
Hotel - Workshop Location - Hotel
Wednesday May 28
8:00am - CU (Colorado University) Bus will depart promptly from outside the Millennium Harvest House Lobby to Foothills Laboratory 2
6:30pm - Pick up passengers from Icebreaker back to Millennium Harvest House. Those who prefer to skip the Icebreaker and return to the hotel earlier, there is the option of taking
the NCAR Shuttle Bus and get off at the 28th/Canyon stop
Thursday May 29
8:00am - Bus will depart promptly from the Millennium Harvest House to Mesa Laboratory
4:30pm - Pick up from Mesa Laboratory. The reception will be held at the hotel
Friday May 30
8:00am - CU Bus will depart promptly from outside the Millennium Harvest House Lobby to Foothills Laboratory 2
4:30pm - Pick up passengers from Foothills 2 Laboratory back to the hotel.
NCAR Shuttle
Link to UCAR/NCAR Shuttle Schedule
Travel Information
Denver's
airport (DIA) is a long way from Boulder. A taxi is guaranteed
to cost in excess of $60 or $70 one-way, for example, and is
not a reimburseable expense. There are two good
alternatives to taxis to get from DIA to Boulder. The SuperShuttle
and the RTD SkyRide. The SuperShuttle will take you
door-to-door for around $25. The RTD SkyRide (specifically, the
"AB") will take you to the main Boulder bus terminal (which is a
nice one, BTW) where you catch the 205, the BOLT, or
the JUMP to the Golden Buff Lodge at 28th and Canyon. Make sure you ask
the AB driver for a transfer when you get off and the whole
one-way trip is yours for $10. The 205 runs every 15
minutes the vast majority of the time.
Denver's airport -- DIA
DIA has three concourses
and a main terminal connected by an underground train. Concourse A
is closest to the main terminal, C is farthest away. The ONLY way
to get from Concourses B and C to the main terminal is by this
train. Really. Concourse A has an indoor elevated walkway, but it
is a long one. You may want to take the train just because. The
train simply goes up and down the line: C--B--A--Main. Even if you
get on going the wrong direction, you will ultimately wind up at
the main terminal a few minutes later.
The Main Terminal
When you come up the stairs from the train (and face the huge
water sculpture), you are at the same level as baggage claim. The
main terminal is oriented North-South, there are baggage claims on
both the East and West sides. They are numbered, so if your number
is not on your current side ... you get one more guess.
This is also the right floor to find the ticket counters for
ground transportation.
Ground Transportation
You really have three choices. If you're fabulously wealthy
(remember, not reimburseable) and enjoy driving
long distances in heavy traffic, you can rent a car at any one of
the agencies in the main terminal area. Otherwise, you can take
the Supershuttle ($25 one-way) or the RTD ($10 one-way, $18
round-trip with a prepaid ticket available in the Airport
terminal).
Once you're in Boulder, public transportation is easy and
convenient.
You can buy a ticket for the Supershuttle at one of their
counters somewhere between the train exit and the baggage claim.
The SuperShuttle is a door-to-door service, so you can tell them
exactly where you want to go. There is quite a deal if multiple
people are going to the same destination: $25 for the first
person, $10 for each additional person.
The hotel is not directly on the bus route between the
airport and Boulder's city center, so you have to transfer -- but
only once. There are several options: my suggestion is to use the
Trip Planner available from the
RTD home page. All
permutations start with catching the
AB bus. The worst
case scenario is that you wind up in beautiful downtown Boulder at
a very nice bus terminal precisely 1.4 miles from your hotel.
The AB line goes between the Airport and
Boulder. It picks up passengers and luggage on the WEST
side of DIA first, then circles to the EAST side and does the
same. If you see it pulling away from the WEST side, sometimes you
can actually hustle back through the terminal to the EAST side and
still catch them! You pick up the AB on Level 5, Island 5, outside
door 506 on the West side; or Level 5, Island 5,
outside door 513, on the East side. You pay as
you get on the bus -OR- you can buy tickets at the RTD kiosk on
the 5th floor of the terminal (the one with the huge water
sculpture) and give them to the driver. If you do not have $10
exactly, you will need to get a ticket at the RTD counter.
Round-trip tickets are $18 at the RTD counter.
The
AB
Schedule is different for weekdays/Saturdays/Sundays. The
weekend schedule for the AB is pretty much hourly; first bus at
6:15AM, last bus at 11:20PM. They are usually very prompt. The RTD
is clean, comfortable, and the driver will handle your bags much
like a skycab; you're not fighting with the bags on the bus,
they're stored below. Again -- you will need exactly $10 or a
prepaid ticket, the driver cannot make change.
|
