August 2017 Total Eclipse

**The AD** · 08-23-2016, 10:40 AM

There will be a total solar eclipse next August (8/21/17) that will pass over the United States. Here's a link showing the path of totality: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...21Tgoogle.html

Probably lots of good places to view it from, but what stuck out to me right away is that Jackson, WY is right in the path. So the question is who's going to host the TGR viewing party?

Here's another link with lots of info about it: http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/astron...r-eclipse.aspx

**Skidog** · 08-23-2016, 10:52 AM

I have a friend that is already planning a big gathering in Jackson and taking the tram up. As I understand it hotels, etc will fill fast in that area. If you are thinking about it now is the time to book. Im probably headed up with the group. Probably camp though.

**babybear** · 08-23-2016, 10:57 AM

Article from last wks local paper about the prep for it. Sounds like things are pretty booked and they are expecting an additional 40k people in town for it. Damn!
http://m.jhnewsandguide.com/news/tow....html?mode=jqm

I'd host a party but also thinking of being on top of one of the peaks for this depending on weather. We sit on our roof a lot for star gazing though so could probably support a decent # of mags

**From_the_NEK** · 08-23-2016, 11:21 AM

Being on a mtn top has its advantages during a solar eclipse. The high the better. The last eclipse I saw was when I was in middle school. It was a bright sunny day until the eclipse started. The sudden dip in solar heating caused the atmosphere to cool and low level clouds to form obscuring much of the eclipse.

**abraham** · 08-23-2016, 11:31 AM

My tentative plan has been somewhere in the LRR. There used to be a great, super detailed and huge map of the path, including total and mostly total areas, duration and time of eclipse. Very cool that it will touch both coasts!

**The AD** · 08-23-2016, 11:32 AM

Salem Oregon is right in the path. Bend is just outside. Drive 20 miles north and you're in the zone of totality. That would be a pretty good bet with the dry climate. Sun Valley is very close, too, but not the direct hit Jackson has.

**Shredhead** · 08-23-2016, 12:07 PM

Isn't the super-volcano scheduled to blow then too?

**Mazderati** · 08-23-2016, 12:14 PM

Asteroid.

**The AD** · 08-23-2016, 12:56 PM

I just booked a condo in Oregon to be safe. This is going to be a "you snooze, you lose" kind of thing. I checked Bend and it's already 95% booked. I saw a Day's Inn or something with a room for $600+ per night.

**Soups** · 08-23-2016, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by The AD

I just booked a condo in Oregon to be safe. This is going to be a "you snooze, you lose" kind of thing. I checked Bend and it's already 95% booked. I saw a Day's Inn or something with a room for $600+ per night.

Was just talking with my buddy about this. Was going to try and pull a Wyoming trip together and then he mentioned that his girlfriends mom already rented a house in Bend. Tentative plan now is to climb Jefferson for it, which is just off the center line.

**The AD** · 08-23-2016, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by soups818

Tentative plan now is to climb Jefferson for it, which is just off the center line.

Solid plan!

**Timberridge** · 08-23-2016, 01:25 PM

If you can't get hotel reservations for this one, try booking for 2024. That's when the next one will be visible in the US.

**powpig** · 08-23-2016, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by The AD

I saw a Day's Inn or something with a room for $600+ per night.

Anvil Motel in Jackson has a nightly rate of $999

**Soups** · 08-23-2016, 02:43 PM

The Anvil?!? Damn, if I lived up there I'd airbnb my place for the weekend and go camping in the Gros Ventres.

**babybear** · 08-23-2016, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by soups818

The Anvil?!? Damn, if I lived up there I'd airbnb my place for the weekend and go camping in the Gros Ventres.

Exactly what I was just gonna post- gonna airbnb it and pay my mortgage for the month.
Think i'll get that set up now. I also have a sweet ladder set up in my courtyard to access roof too but may need waivers for that [emoji6]

$999 for anvil is insane!

**rideit** · 08-23-2016, 03:17 PM

We are thinking of renting too, if the town VRBO police don't nix it...

**old goat** · 08-23-2016, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by baby bear

Exactly what I was just gonna post- gonna airbnb it and pay my mortgage for the month.
Think i'll get that set up now. I also have a sweet ladder set up in my courtyard to access roof too but may need waivers for that [emoji6]

$999 for anvil is insane!

a) sign waiver, and b) no booze

**Tye 1on** · 08-23-2016, 03:28 PM

Anvil just got bought up and is doing a hudge renovation this fall. GM sounded like a sharp dude.

Thought i saw rain in the forecast for that night...

**The AD** · 08-23-2016, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Tye 1on

Thought i saw rain in the forecast for that night...

Just imagine if there's one cloud in the sky and it manages to obscure the sun for those two minutes of totality. That would really suck!

**2bjenny** · 08-23-2016, 09:56 PM

That's interesting about the lodging in Jackson. A number of my astrophysicist friends said they were calling places in JH for the eclipse and were told they weren't booking that far out yet.

I was thinking about just driving down to the Menan Butte and watching it from there if it's not cloudy. My house is about 30 miles too far north for perfect viewing.

**Norseman** · 08-24-2016, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by soups818

Tentative plan now is to climb Jefferson for it, which is just off the center line.

I had been thinking about this for the last year. It'd be rad, but I fear now that it'll be busy. Maybe distractingly busy on the mountain.

**abraham** · 08-24-2016, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Norseman

I had been thinking about this for the last year. It'd be rad, but I fear now that it'll be busy. Maybe distractingly busy on the mountain.

I know a few years ago I had friend planning to be on the Grand and middle teton. The good news is it will be a noticeable eclipse almost everywhere in the US, though the total eclipse is certainly the best part

**The AD** · 08-24-2016, 10:10 AM

I think the difference between a total eclipse and a partial eclipse is night and day.

**bobz** · 08-24-2016, 11:53 AM

I'm figuring on BLM land in eastern Oregon, for a combination of wide open spaces (with no reservations required) and high chance of clear skies. I've seen three totals, only one of them entirely unobscured by clouds (but all worth the trip).

In my opinion, the most magical part of the experience is the few seconds before totality, just as the door is closing. However, a partial doesn't nearly get you there; was underwhelmed by the annular a couple of years ago. Anyway, be sure to get your ass out to this thing next summer.