Denver's student storage market has a few dynamics you won't find in other college cities. First, there's SquirrelBox -- a local full-service storage company that has built a strong presence at the University of Denver and also serves CU Boulder, 30 miles up the road. Second, there's altitude. Denver sits at 5,280 feet, and while that doesn't affect your furniture, it does mean extreme dryness in winter (humidity drops below 15% regularly), temperature swings of 40 degrees in a single day, and intense UV exposure that can damage anything stored near windows or in units with poor insulation.

The University of Denver enrolls about 12,000 students, many of them from out of state. When spring semester ends, they face the same question every college student does: what to do with a room full of belongings when your lease ends or your dorm closes. The local market has options, but they each come with tradeoffs. DIY self-storage means renting a truck and driving through Denver traffic. SquirrelBox handles pickup and delivery but has limited capacity. College Student Storage (csstorage.com) is Colorado-focused but serves a wide area. Campus Storage at DU lists prices starting at $80 per month.

Storage Scholars offers a direct alternative: we pick up from your dorm or apartment, provide packing supplies, store everything in a climate-controlled facility, and deliver it back when fall semester starts. No truck rental, no fighting Denver's I-25 traffic, no worrying about altitude-related dryness destroying your belongings over the summer.

Move-out at the University of Denver happens in late May and early June, and the window is tight. DU's campus is compact -- most residential buildings are within a few blocks of each other along University Boulevard -- but that density means hundreds of students trying to move out simultaneously through the same loading zones and parking areas. SquirrelBox books up early for DU, and traditional self-storage facilities along Colorado Boulevard and I-25 see a surge in student demand.

Storage Scholars coordinates pickups around DU's academic calendar. Reserve your spot in March or April, and our team handles the logistics. We arrive at your dorm or apartment with packing supplies, load your belongings, and store everything in a climate-controlled facility until August or September. No competing with other students for SquirrelBox slots or driving to a storage facility off campus.

DU attracts a significant out-of-state student population. Students flying in from the coasts face a familiar problem: airline baggage limits are strict, and shipping heavy boxes via UPS or FedEx adds up fast. Ship your belongings to us before you arrive in Denver, and we'll deliver them directly to your dorm room on move-in day. This is especially useful for first-year students who haven't been to campus yet and don't want to spend their first day navigating a new city while also unloading a car.

Denver's campus and surrounding neighborhoods create specific moving challenges. Switching from DU campus housing to an apartment in the nearby neighborhoods of Platt Park, Washington Park, or Glendale means navigating residential streets that weren't built for moving trucks. Many apartments near DU are in older buildings with narrow stairwells and no freight elevators. Our team knows the DU campus layout and surrounding neighborhoods. We handle dorm-to-dorm moves, dorm-to-apartment transitions, and moves between Denver-area housing.