Geography & Environmental Studies students are elevating research

UCCS students are taking research to new heights. Six students in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies (GES) joined GES Associate Professor Brandon Vogt and MA in Applied Geography alumnus (2022) Austin Routt to conduct a kinematics survey at 12,500 feet at Gilpin Peak Rock Glacier, which is adjacent to Colorado Fourteener Mt. Sneffels. The goal is to measure annual creep rate, which refers to how quickly the mostly frozen land mass is flowing downhill.