2024 Peak Year For Seeing Cosmic Events From The Slopes
2024 Peak Year For Seeing Cosmic Events From The Slopes
Published : 29-Jan-2024 08:03
2024 will be the peak year for seeing the aurora (northern lights) from the world's more northerly latitudes and will also see a rare total solar eclipse pass over ski areas in the US Midwest, Northeast and Quebec close to the end of the ski day in April.
Riksgransen ski area in the Swedish Arctic Circle, which opens for its 2024 ski season next month, is highlighting that the sun is predicted to reach the peak of its 11-year activity cycle between now and October 2024, meaning a phase of increasing solar winds and a greater likelihood of seeing the aurora.
However it's worth noting that the hours of darkness, although long in midwinter, rapidly diminish through the spring at northerly latitudes. Riksgränsen will see 24 hour daylight by May and reopen for midsummer celebrations and skiing under the midnight sun from June 20 to June 23, 2024.
Having made landfall in Mexico, the total solar eclipse will cross North America diagonally from the southwest to the northeast on Monday, April 8, 2024 at the end of the skiing day. Ski resorts in the path of totality include Stowe in Vermont and Mont Tremblant in Quebec among dozens of others. Those elsewhere in the region will get 99% and even over in California and Colorado it'll be 30-50% approximately.
Many US ski areas will close for skiing on or before Sunday April 7th however, the end of east week so again its important to check your ski area will still be open if you plan to ski under the eclipse.
Riksgränsen opens for its winter season from February 23 to May 26, 2024.
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