University of Utah Field Stations are dedicated to advancing research and education built around outstanding facilities and administration in three states. The stations are located in diverse physiographic provinces, including the Basin and Range, Colorado Plateau, and Rocky Mountains. Each station has a unique focus and is ready for engagement from faculty, students, and the public.
Storm Peak Labs
Storm Peak Labs is a permanent mountain-top facility that is located with limited upwind topography or vegetation to create turbulence under normal airflow conditions. It is ideally located for in-cloud measurements. The Lab is located at the top of Steamboat Ski Resort in northwestern Colorado.
Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa
The Bonderman Field Station is an outdoor laboratory for interdisciplinary scholarship centered around human-environment interactions.Their mission is centered on inspiring environmental scholarship on the Colorado Plateau.
Range Creek Field Station
The Range Creek Field Station is focused on the research and preservation of incredible archaeological resources of the northern Colorado Plateau. The area houses hundreds of archaeological sites in the Green River Basin.
Taft Nicholson Center
The Taft Nicholson Center works to increase environmental awareness and connections with the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It focuses on bridging the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Telescope Array Project
The Telescope Array Project is an experiment designed to observe air showers induced by cosmic rays with extremely high energy and covers over 300 square miles of desert in western Utah with over 500 devices deployed..
Red Butte Canyon Natural Research Area
Red Butte Canyon is a research catchment located in the Wasatch Mountains adjacent to Salt Lake City. The rapid transition from a vegetated watershed to an urban one makes it an exceptional resource for watershed and ecosystem science.