August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse - any tips
Getting questions from readers of forestcamping.com about the 8/21/17 solar eclipse. The swath where you'll see a total eclipse passes thru at least a dozen national forests and one grassland. Shoul...
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There are several good websites with detailed zoomable maps of the path of totality. We are looking mostly at Eastern Oregon (clear sky but hot), Idaho, and Wyoming. The latter two have some afternoon clouds during summer days, but they also have some high altitude places that are in the path of totality.
Jackson Hole will be very crowded, along with the Sawtooths in Idaho.
We will probably be boondocking during that time, and we plan to hike to a remote peak somewhere so we can get a good view. Totality lasts only about two minutes, and that is the only time that you can look right at the sun safely.
Some folks are planning to be on highways that run east and west, so that they can chase clear sky during the minutes before the eclipse. I doubt we will do that -- too stressful. I'd rather sit on a mountain-top and wait and hope -- as with boondocking, the goal is to be far away from anyone else!
Jackson Hole will be very crowded, along with the Sawtooths in Idaho.
We will probably be boondocking during that time, and we plan to hike to a remote peak somewhere so we can get a good view. Totality lasts only about two minutes, and that is the only time that you can look right at the sun safely.
Some folks are planning to be on highways that run east and west, so that they can chase clear sky during the minutes before the eclipse. I doubt we will do that -- too stressful. I'd rather sit on a mountain-top and wait and hope -- as with boondocking, the goal is to be far away from anyone else!
