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Uh, no. Solar corona, diamond ring, bright red solar flares, shadow bands just before and after. I don't try to persuade skeptics to spend big $$ chasing. But when the cost in $ is minimal, it's one or maybe two days of your time, and it will never be as cheap or convenient the rest of your...

Through an optical viewfinder, yes, and very dangerous if the image is magnified. Not dangerous through a video screen, but if the camera is aimed at the Sun during the partial phase for an extended time the camera sensor will be damaged. And partial eclipse photos won't be any good with so...

That is the way it should be done but logistically that means dealing with a shop in a ski resort so you can come in after those two hours, describe the problem, get a fix, rinse and repeat until the boots are right. You will of course have to pay if you're doing this on a vacation in...

It's especially obnoxious to charge $300 for low tide, less than fully open mountains in a slow starting season like this one. https://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/threads/western-weather-2017-18-and-later.12482/post-90350

The detail Apollo article states the Gillet bankruptcy and Apollo takeover was in 1991. That makes sense, because that's the time frame a lot of the Drexel junk bonds blew up.

Vail the mountain was founded by 10th Mountain Division veteran Pete Siebert in 1962. Many ski resorts grew organically out of existing mining towns or summer resorts. Vail, like Mammoth, Snowbird and Whistler, was developed from scratch explicitly due to its snowfall and terrain attributes...

Vail has 700+ acres snowmaking. That's ~15% of acreage while Vail is currently 70% open. The current 32 inch base is on the low side and could be stressed by holiday traffic in busy areas. I wouldn't go there during the holidays but its Summit County competitors have bases of 21-25 inches...

I rarely defend Vail the corporation but I do defend Vail the mountain. 1) Snowfall tied for 3rd highest with Winter Park in Colorado ~350 inches, trailing only Wolf Creek and Steamboat. 2) Yes Vail has few steeps on the level with Snowbird, Jackson, etc. but its consistent pitch is more than...

Some of them are, though no Blue Sky Basin yet. Vail Mountain has a very good long term early season track record. Snowfall is high and pitch is mostly moderate so modest coverage can open a lot.

That interviewer was so clueless; he thought Vail owned Copper and A-Basin. As for snow he tossed a softball out there in commenting vaguely about some good storms already. For good reason she did not elaborate in her response. As of Dec. 16 (there has been minimal new snow since), Vail's...

As I stated earlier, this is a decision that must be made in the last 48 hours given the overall poor climatology. Therefore committing to the “Jay Cloud” 4+ months in advance is a deal breaker. OTOH it would be great spot if weather is good and $40 is a cheap speculation as long as you don’t...

Organizer of that flight Joe Rao lives in NYC. He did it once before in 1990 on a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu.

True, winter or summer. 11 people in our Jackson Hole group fled west to Idaho because they were nervous about the mountain. Absolutely not. If dead set upon skiing, you can easily reach Whiteface or Sugarloaf (2 minutes, 23 seconds) if you get up early enough from your NH location. You...

I have seen 3 by aircraft; Liz has seen 4. This is what we have done when eclipse paths are in difficult locations and/or with very poor climates, like 2015 and 2021. These charter flights are not cheap, as you can only sell a couple of seats in each row by the eclipse side windows. And most...

Rainbow Symphony is about 20 minutes from my house. I still have quite a few of them left over from the bulk order in 2017. Place your mail order now. There will likely be a last minute crunch and possible sellout during the final weeks before the eclipse as in 2017.

And now to respond to misinformation..... That's a diamond ring, the last sunlight through a valley of the moon before totality. No it's not. I found this answer from the late astrophysicist Jay Pasachoff, who attended 36 of them: Other famous quotes about 99% eclipses: Which brings us to...

Th go-to resource for mapping one's eclipse plans is Xavier Jubier's interactive Google Maps. The eclipse path is superimposed over a Google Map which can be zoomed to street level detail. Click on any point and the eclipse circumstances will be displayed, example here for Whiteface: The...

James informed me about this thread. Liz and I met online on the Solar Eclipse Mailing List in 2010 due to mutual interest in skiing after that July 11 eclipse, my 6th and her 4th. However she was on Easter Island for the eclipse and skied in Chile while I was on the Paul Gauguin cruise ship...

Marginal if any effect. It's individual physiology/genetics. Insomnia is one of those clear signs. I did not sleep a wink all night at Trail Camp 12,000 feet on Mt. Whitney in 1999. Very weird, as I was relaxed and completely comfortable otherwise. I had slept the previous two nights at...

Understandable. Australia is having a poor season in 2023 while 2022 was well above average.