Eclipse Day 2024 - April 8, 2024

These pictures were taken with my Panasonic Lumix FZ80, Cathy's iPhone camera, my iPad camera, and my Google Pixel 6a phone at Whetstone Gulf State Park and Snow Ridge Ski Area near Turin, New York, on April 8, 2024. Images are shown at a resolution of 800x600. Larger image formats are available by clicking the links below each image.

We left Amsterdam in the morning to make sure we had plenty of time to beat the traffic to get to our planned and reserved destination of Snow Ridge Ski Area. Snow Ridge was in the path of totality and offered the chance for guaranteed parking, a place to get food and use rest rooms, plus a chair lift ride up the mountain to get a sweeping view. We arrived well before we needed to, so we continued past Snow Ridge a bit to spend a little time at Whetstone Gulf State Park. After walking there for a while, we went to Snow Ridge. We parked, got our Snow Ridge eclipse glasses, and set up outside the van for a bit. We decided to get some lunch from Snow Ridge's restaurant, which was good but the staff was overwhelmed by the number of orders so it took a long time. Fortunately, we still had plenty of time to take our lift ride up to experience totality near the summit. We found a great spot at the top of the South Slope with a view east across the valley with the Adirondacks in the distance. There were far more clouds than we would have liked, but we still got good views of the partial eclipse through our eclipse glasses, and most importantly, the clouds were thin enough at totality to get a great view of the ring! The darkness was especially impressive, compared with Nebraska in 2017. It was also so impressive to see the daylight in the distance during the incredible darkness while in the shadow. Once out of totality and as the light levels increased, we walked down the South Slope, getting a better view of the tornado damage on the way down. We stayed around just a bit more near the base area then by the van before getting on our way home. We hit just a few patches of traffic, the worse of which was getting through Boonville. Even that only cost us maybe 20 minutes. Not bad at all compared to the stories of those who were trying to get back home from the Adirondacks and northern New England. Overall, a very successful Eclipse Day! Additional pictures with people in them are on a separate page.