Wender·Vista
Yushan Main Peak
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTaiwan
at the centre of Taiwan, the island's highest peak

Yushan Main Peak

— — a peak the morning finds first.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Yushan is the tallest mountain in Taiwan, and the tallest in northeast Asia outside Kamchatka. The summit ridge holds the first dawn light a few minutes before anything else on the island. The route from Tataka climbs through Taiwan red cedar and Yushan juniper, past Paiyun Lodge, to a peak that rises clean above the Central Range. The park caps daily climbers, and the trail stays quiet.

from the studio
Yushan Main Peak
— bring it home

Yushan Main Peak, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Yushan Main Peak

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Yushan rises to 3,952 metres (12,966 feet) at the centre of Taiwan, the highest peak on the island and the tallest mountain in northeast Asia outside of Kamchatka. It anchors Yushan National Park, a 1,053-square-kilometre reserve established in 1985 that spans Nantou, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, and Hualien counties. The mountain was called Niitaka-yama during the Japanese colonial period and renamed Yushan, meaning Jade Mountain, after 1945. The summit appears on the back of the thousand-dollar New Taiwan banknote, alongside the mikado pheasant, a species native to the range.

— the air

The summit stands above the treeline, and the last 800 metres run through alpine scrub and exposed rock. Atmospheric pressure at the top is about 60 percent of sea level, so guides set a slow pace from Paiyun Lodge and start the summit push around three in the morning. Above 3,500 metres the air is dry and the temperature can drop below freezing in any month. Climbers who reach the ridge by sunrise see the shadow of the cone stretched west across the Central Range as the light moves down the slopes.

— the visit

Yushan National Park caps permitted climbers on the main peak at 116 per day, allocated by lottery through the park service. Permits cover the Tataka trailhead, the Paiyun Lodge bunk, and the summit attempt, usually as a two-day itinerary. The trailhead sits at 2,610 metres, reached by shuttle from Alishan or by car along Provincial Highway 18. Foreign climbers file an online police mountain permit in parallel. Winter ascents require ice-axe and crampon certification. Conservation rules forbid camping outside the lodge and require all waste to be carried out.

— where
Taiwan · Nantou County, Taiwan
— within
Yushan National Park
— elevation
3,952 m · 12,966 ft
— position
23.4711° N · 120.9569° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
3 km NE
Paiyun Lodge
high-altitude climbers' lodge
10 km N
Tataka Trailhead
main Yushan trailhead
1 km E
Yushan East Peak
sub-peak on the summit ridge
25 km NW
Alishan
neighbouring high-mountain reserve
N
Yushan Main Peak
Paiyun Lodge
Tataka Trailhead
Yushan East Peak
Alishan
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Yushan Main Peak — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The main peak stands at 3,952 metres, about 12,966 feet. It is the highest mountain in Taiwan and the highest peak in northeast Asia outside the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Yushan translates as Jade Mountain. The Chinese name refers to the snow that whitens the peak in winter. Under Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945 the mountain was called Niitaka-yama, or New High Mountain.

Yushan sits at the centre of Taiwan, inside Yushan National Park. The park covers 1,053 square kilometres across Nantou, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, and Hualien counties, and was established in 1985.

Yes. The park service caps the main peak at 116 climbers per day, allocated by lottery. Foreign climbers also need a police mountain permit, which is filed online and approved within a few days.

The standard route from the Tataka trailhead takes two days. Climbers hike to Paiyun Lodge at 3,402 metres on day one, leave around 3 a.m. for the summit on day two, and descend the same day.

Yes. The peak appears on the reverse of the thousand-dollar New Taiwan banknote, alongside the mikado pheasant, a species native to the Yushan range.

— about the piece in your home

Yushan is the mountain Taiwanese identity carries. Customers with ties to Taipei, Taichung, and the wider Taiwanese diaspora have chosen the Small or Medium with a Mandarin inscription added to the studio note.

The cool greys and alpine blues read with Japandi, Minimalist Asian, and Mountain-modern interiors. The piece sits well above a low credenza or in a quiet hallway where the cone shape carries the wall.

Yes. Single-peak landscape art has anchored both styles for several seasons. Yushan's clean alpine palette fits the same rooms as Fuji and Aoraki pieces, with its own Taiwanese register.

The Large suits most sofas. For a wider wall a 4-tile Mural reads as one image, with subtle grout lines giving structure. The 9-tile Mural anchors entry walls and dining rooms.

Yes. Use the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical wet areas and backsplashes. The Glossy finish belongs in framed wall display where direct splash is unlikely.

A soft microfibre cloth with clean water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it stays in the surface through normal household cleaning.

Yes. Reid Wender paints every WenderVista piece in the studio's own visual language. The work is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no licensing or outside reproduction.

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