Great reddit post by (now-famous) photographer Jamie Walter of Sugarloaf got these incredible shots:
https://www.reddit.com/r/icecoast/comments/1bzxyrf
"My initial goal was to get the skier directly in front of the eclipse or as close to it as possible so I could use a tighter focal length (I had a 600mm rented, along with my 100-400mm with me). However, after several days of scouting around the mountain, there just simply wasn't a section of trail that was 1) steep enough with 2) a long straight view looking up from beneath that 3) sloped northeast-ish with 4) enough snow on it to pull off my initial vision. The Backside would've satisfied all of the requirements had we not had a #### snow year most of this season... Patrol was nice enough to escort me back there and show me firsthand that there was legitimately 15 feet of snow missing from what you're used to seeing, even after the huge midweek storm we got. I didn't even recognize it, it was just rocks and trees I didn't even know were there. A bit of a heartbreak in that moment, but time was ticking.
Ultimately, after testing and scouting around Nitro Extension, Powder Keg Ext, Lower Nitro, the Front Face, more than a few times in the days leading up to the eclipse, I settled on Flume as a location on Sunday afternoon. It was steep enough with a long enough view up the trail for me to get some compression with a 70-200, and has a great convexity at the top of the headwall that hides the rest of the hill behind it. The reason why there's so much space between the skier and the eclipse in the composition is simply because I physically couldn't get any lower to the ground to angle up more and compress subject and eclipse closer together.
Speaking of subject... I had 5 skiers/riders lined up to shoot with on eclipse day because, given the 2 minutes and 18 seconds of totality where we were, there wouldn't have been time for a single athlete to hike back up (there maybe was a chance, I guess, but I wanted to make sure EVERYONE I was with would be able to enjoy a majority of totality themselves instead of hustling for my selfish sake). The model in the photo you posted is my little brother, Mac Walter. He was a last minute addition to the lineup and I'm so stoked he was there to join in! I think that makes this even more special to me personally.
Overall, this project was a HUGE team effort and we would not have been able to pull it off without some serious help from a lot of different people over the last few weeks. I owe a huge debt of gratitude for their support and will forever be thankful for the folks in my life that believed in me to pull this off and helped me get to that moment.
I hope many of you in here were able to witness the incredible experience that is basking in totality. What an epic day, especially here on the Ice Coast! We couldn't have asked for better weather. Now to start planning for the next shot..."
And 3 time zone changes. 
