{"id":5390,"date":"2015-01-03T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2015-01-03T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T10:00:05","slug":"looking-for-a-little-warmer-temp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/looking-for-a-little-warmer-temp\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a little warmer temp"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I wrote it in the previous update, VivaLaVida has turned south-west, temperatures from -13 to -22F being announced for the San Rafael Swell.
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\n1. Tremendous panorama of Cathedral Valley and Henry Mountains in the distance.
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\n2. At Hogan Pass at almost 8,000 feet above sea level, it is 8F at noon despite the sun.
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\n3. And it blows a strong north wind that sculpts the snow.
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\nForsyth Reservoir is frozen, you could almost skate there.
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\n5. VLV almost reached the Rock Lake but had to give up 9,350 feet, too much snow…
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\n6. So I continued on foot, wrapped up warmly, while they didn’t seem to be cold! \ud83d\ude00
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\n7. Went back down just before night, enjoying a beautiful sunset on highlands.
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\n8. The next day, Christmas Eve, VivaLaVida tried to reach Escalante across the splendid Awapa Plateau, between 7,800 and 9,800 feet elevation.
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\n9. Vast stretches of grasslands. I like to imagine herds of bison grazing here 150 years ago before that men exterminated them from these areas…
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\n10. As the altitude increases, the snow becomes more present.
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\n11. It blows an icy wind that makes me think of a blizzard. 10F to the best of the day. But at least I enjoy a Christmas with snow! \ud83d\ude00
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\n12. VLV had to give up, the amount of blown snow making progress difficult. He tried two other tracks but it ended the same.
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\n13. Beautiful cirrus sky announcing some snowfall overnight…
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\n14. These semi-snowy meadows remind me of the tundra of northern Alaska.
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\n15. The wind has drawn waves, while the sky covers.
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\n16. I so love this kind of moors landscapes, I decided to spend the night there. And Nature offered me a nice surprise for Christmas: an amazing sunset. It began with soft colors to the north.
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\n17. Too much wind to light a campfire as I expected and it is already 3F…
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\n18. Three minutes later, the sky blazes…
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\n19. Without Christmas tree in her, VivaLaVida is aflamed by the Christmas setting sun! \ud83d\ude09
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\n20. Last colors… all lasted only a few moments…
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\nUnable to join Escalante by the way I had imagined because of the winter already installed in altitude, I found another path that led me to discover Bryce Canyon in its winter coat… To come here soon! \ud83d\ude09
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