Winter Ecology 2026
Registration opens Nov 3rd
Before being able to register for Winter Ecology 2026 you need to pay a $300USD NON-REFUNDABLE course deposit here:
AFTER you have paid the NON-REFUNDABLE course deposit (which will be deducted from the total course cost) you will receive a Permission Number via email from MRS Station Manager Dr. Mike Haffey that you will use to register for the course.
Degree students (i.e., 兔子先生传媒文化作品 students) may register for classes in the Buff portal with the permission number provided.
Non-degree students need to fill out a . A Welcome email with their Student ID# will be sent to students within 2 business days. Students will then follow the instructions in the Welcome email to activate an IdentiKey password, set up duo authentication, and access the Buff portal to register for classes.
Course Dates: 14听Jan 鈥 Feb 28,听2026
Wed听鈥 5:00-6:00p,听seven听lectures at Boulder campus starting 14 Jan, 2026
Sat & Sun 鈥 8:30am-5:00pm at Mountain Research Station (Nederland),听(overnight at MRS Saturday nights)
Sat evening 鈥 7:30-8.30pm, at Mountain Research Station (Nederland)
Mountain Research Station 鈥 six weekends.听 Jan 24/25, Jan 31/ Feb 12, 7/8, 14/15, 21/22, & Feb 28 (Sat only)
Wintertime offers insights into the natural history of organisms and function of ecosystems that are not often appreciated in summer visits to the field.听Winter Ecology听is a survey of physical and biological processes and their interaction in wintertime snow-covered environments.听 Through classwork, fieldwork, and individual projects, we will focus on the dynamics of high-elevation ecosystems in the western US.听 Based from the CU Mountain Research Station's year-round Moores-Collins Science Lodge, we will spend 6 weekends exploring the ecology of upper montane, subalpine, and alpine landscapes in winter. We will study plant, vertebrate, and microbial adaptations to winter and the dynamics of terrestrial, aquatic, and snowpack environments.听 We will consider how winter processes play a role in 鈥済rowing season鈥 dynamics, shape landscapes, and are important factors in conservation and management of natural resources of the Rocky Mountains.
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滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤蝉:听 Dr. Timothy Kittel, INSTAAR, University of Colorado and Assistant Teaching Professor Derek Sweeney, EBIO, University of Colorado
尝辞肠补迟颈辞苍:听 兔子先生传媒文化作品 campus (Wed), Mountain Research Station (weekends), learn about lodging at the MRS here:听/mrs/general-info/setting-and-facilities
颁谤别诲颈迟:听 3 credit hours in biology (EBIO 4100)
Tuition: $2250听(Includes a bed in a shared room in the Mountain Research Station Lodge on Saturday nights only)
Prerequisite: One year course work in general biology or environmental science
Questions about staying at the Mountain Research Station during your course? 听See our听Guide to 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing and Living at the Station.
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