Bighorn sheep Mount Evans Front Range Ceramic Art Tile

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.

Rocky Mountain bighorn live above treeline on Mount Evans, most reliably seen near the Summit Lake parking area at 12,830 feet and along the upper switchbacks of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway. Early morning gives the best odds, before the day's traffic builds.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the change in September 2023 after a petition led by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. The original name honored Colorado governor John Evans, who held office during the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. Mount Blue Sky is now the official federal name.

The summit reaches 14,271 feet, one of Colorado's named fourteeners. The Mount Evans Scenic Byway tops out at a parking area at 14,130 feet, with a short final walk of about a quarter mile to the summit boulders themselves.

The byway typically opens to the summit on Memorial Day weekend and closes in early October when snow returns to the upper road. A timed-entry reservation through Recreation.gov is required during the operating season. The lower section to Echo Lake stays open longer when weather allows.

Wild bighorn at Mount Evans are habituated to roadside traffic but should be observed from a distance of at least 100 feet. Rams in the fall rut can charge a perceived threat. Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks visitors not to feed or touch them, for the animals' protection as well as their own.

Bighorn sheep are tan-brown with thick curled horns and prefer cliffy slopes; mountain goats are white with slim black horns and favor the same alpine terrain. Both share the upper reaches of Mount Evans. The bighorn are native to the range; the goats were transplanted in the mid-twentieth century.

The byway entrance at Idaho Springs is about 35 miles west of Denver on I-70. From there it is another 28 miles up Colorado 5 to the summit parking area, roughly an hour and a half of driving each way without stops or weather delays.

It has been a meaningful gift for Coloradans and for people who have made the drive up the Mount Evans Scenic Byway. The bighorn is the state mammal, and the peak is one of the most-visited fourteeners in the country. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The palette of deep alpine blue, ram-tan, lichen ochre, and snowfield white sits well in Mountain-modern, Western-modern, and warm Maximalist rooms. It reads cleanly against painted pine, brushed iron, and natural-wool textures often used in Colorado mountain homes.

Yes. Mountain-modern has moved away from rustic kitsch toward art that names a specific landscape with restraint. The Front Range bighorn is among the most enduring images of the American West, and the stained-glass visual language gives the ram weight without leaning literal.

Above a standard sofa, the Large reads well as a single piece, and a 4-tile Mural fills the wall more architecturally. Above a console table, a Medium with a Coaster Set below makes a quiet pairing. A 9-tile Mural suits rooms with a long sightline.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and rated for vertical wet installations like a shower wall, backsplash, or powder-room feature wall. The Glossy finish is the show-piece option and is best for framed wall art in drier rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, beneath a thin glossy or satin finish, so it doesn't lift the way a printed image would. Avoid abrasive pads and ammonia-based cleaners.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We don't license stock imagery or reproduce other artists' work. Reid Wender curates the atlas and signs off on each location's artwork before it enters the catalog.