Sonora Pass California

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.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

Sonora Pass crosses the Sierra Nevada crest on State Route 108, between Tuolumne County on the west and Mono County on the east. The summit sits at 9,624 feet, between the towns of Sonora in the Gold Country and Bridgeport on the eastern slope.

The summit is 9,624 feet above sea level. That makes it the second-highest paved pass in California, after Tioga Pass through Yosemite at 9,945 feet, and one of the highest paved roads in the entire Sierra Nevada.

State Route 108 over the pass closes for the winter, typically from the first heavy snow in November or early December until late May. Caltrans schedules the opening based on snowpack and avalanche risk. In an average year the road is clear by Memorial Day weekend.

The east-side grade reaches about 26 percent through a series of switchbacks below Pickel Meadow, one of the steepest paved sections in the National Highway System. Vehicles longer than 30 feet are not permitted on the pass. The west-side grade out of Sonora is gentler but still climbs more than 8,000 feet in 50 miles.

Yes. The Pacific Crest Trail crosses State Route 108 at the summit pullout, between Sonora Peak to the north and Leavitt Peak to the south. Through-hikers typically reach the crossing between mid-July and early September on their northbound traverse.

Tioga Pass at 9,945 feet runs through Yosemite National Park on State Route 120 and is the highest paved pass in California. Sonora Pass on State Route 108 sits about 25 miles north at 9,624 feet, outside the park, with steeper east-side grades and far less summer traffic.

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with ties to the Sierra Nevada. Hikers who have crossed Sonora Pass on foot or by car remember the moment the trees thin out to meadow and granite. A Medium with a handwritten studio note works well; a Small fits an office or a back-country trip-planning room.

The grey granite, deep blue, and alpine green palette sits well in Mountain Modern, Alpine, and Pacific Northwest interiors. The piece also reads calmly in a more minimal room as a single high-altitude anchor above a wood or stone surface.

Yes. Mountain Modern and Lodge-Modern interiors have held across western homes since the late 2010s, with a recent shift toward lighter, more granite-and-meadow palettes and away from heavy lodge timber. The Sonora Pass tile fits the current direction.

The Large works over a console or a reading chair. Over a standard 84-inch sofa, the 4-tile Mural carries the wall; over a wider sectional, the 9-tile Mural is the format that fills the visual field.

Yes. Specify Dura Satin or Matte at checkout for vertical wet locations. Glossy is the right finish for framed wall art in a dry room and is the default if no finish is selected.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water handles the work. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface and lives in the surface itself, so it does not wear off the way a printed image would.

Yes. Every WenderVista painting is made by Reid Wender in his Knoxville studio and is not licensed from any other source. The Sonora Pass tile carries the same hand and visual signature as the rest of the atlas.