{"id":6607,"date":"2017-12-31T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2018-01-10T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:38:25","slug":"valaisan-getaway-and-happy-new-year-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/valaisan-getaway-and-happy-new-year-2018\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Valaisan getaway and&#8230; Happy New Year 2018 !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn early November, we went to make VivaLaVida discover some corners of the Valais, an Alpine canton of Switzerland.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDeparture for the Santesch Pass, at 7&rsquo;200 feet elevation, and its splendid lapiaz. The recent snow stopped our way at the pass, beautiful snowdrifts cutting the road down to Lake Senin.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n1. Sunrise without many colors&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4083b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4083b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4083b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4083b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2. VivaLaVida at the pass, where we slept.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4079b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4079b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4079b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4079b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n3. Eis on limestone.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4086b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4086b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4086b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4086b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n4. View to the South over great alpine peaks: Dent Blanche (White Tooth), Matterhorn, Zinal Rothorn, Obergabelhorn, Dent d&rsquo;H\u00e9rens (Herens Tooth)&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4080b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4080b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4080b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4080b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n5. Life clings&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4085b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4085b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4085b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4085b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n6. First snow left patchworks on the screes&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4087b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4087b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4087b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4087b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n7. Snowfields&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4089b-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4089b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4089b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4089b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n8. After breakfast, the sun came up and we went for a walk with family.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7111b-wm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7111b-wm.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7111b-wm-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7111b-wm-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n9. The big \u00ab\u00a0lapiaz\u00a0\u00bb, a geological curiosity created after the removal of the Tsanfleuron glacier, is gorgeous.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4092b-650x449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4092b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4092b-145x100.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4092b-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n10. Mount Gond.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4093b-650x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"412\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4093b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4093b-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4093b-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n11. Breathtaking panorama!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7125b-wm-650x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7125b-wm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7125b-wm-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7125b-wm-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n12. Near Lake Senin.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7127b-wm-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7127b-wm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7127b-wm-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7127b-wm-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n13. Family selfie \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7123b-wm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7123b-wm.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7123b-wm-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7123b-wm-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n14. VivaLaVida on the little road&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4105b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4105b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4105b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4105b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n15. The tunnel to access the pass: 10 feet 7 inches, just enough for VLV!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7143b-wm-650x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7143b-wm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7143b-wm-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_7143b-wm-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n16. When the mountain crushes the summer camp of Tsandra.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4101b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4101b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4101b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC4101b-300x409.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDecember the 31st, it&rsquo;s time for us to send you our very best wishes for 2018! We wish you only the best: good health, stars in your eyes, beautiful trips here or elsewher, and lots of new enriching adventures.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSee you next year for the continuation of VivaLaVida&rsquo;s adventures! \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 In early November, we went to make VivaLaVida discover some corners of the Valais, an Alpine canton of Switzerland. \u00a0 Departure for the Santesch Pass, at 7&rsquo;200 feet elevation, and its splendid lapiaz. The recent snow stopped our way at the pass, beautiful snowdrifts cutting the road down<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/valaisan-getaway-and-happy-new-year-2018\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1210,16],"tags":[1211,1212,1213,337,1214],"class_list":["post-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-switzerland","category-non-classe-en","tag-lapiaz-en","tag-november","tag-sanetsch-en","tag-snow","tag-valais-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6641,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions\/6641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}