Mount Evans Road 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.

It runs from Echo Lake to a parking area at 14,130 feet on Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans), in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies, about 35 miles southwest of Denver in Clear Creek County. The route is Colorado State Highway 5.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names renamed the peak to Mount Blue Sky in September 2023, at the request of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The road, signed as Colorado Highway 5, is still widely known as Mount Evans Road, with signage and maps updating gradually.

Yes. The summit parking sits at 14,130 feet, higher than any other paved road on the continent. Pikes Peak Highway, also in Colorado, tops out at 14,115 feet. A few paved roads in the Himalayas and the Andes climb higher.

Typically from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, with a few weeks at either end depending on snow. Heavy snowfall closes the upper sections by early October. The U.S. Forest Service posts current status on the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest site.

Yes. Since 2021 the Forest Service requires a timed-entry reservation for personal vehicles, bookable through Recreation.gov. A per-vehicle entry fee also applies. Reservations release in tiers and the popular sunrise and sunset slots fill weeks ahead.

Mountain goats are the most reliable sighting. Herds graze along the upper switchbacks and often approach parked cars. Bighorn sheep, marmots, and pika live above timberline. Bristlecone pines at the Mount Goliath Natural Area include trees more than 1,500 years old.

The Forest Service restricts long vehicles and trailers above Summit Lake. The road narrows, lacks guardrails in stretches, and has tight switchbacks above 13,000 feet. Most rental motorhomes are turned around at the lower gate.

It tends to land well with people who have actually made the drive. The road is a small, specific memory more than a famous postcard, so the tile reads as recognition rather than scenery. A Keepsake or Small with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The palette of deep alpine blues, stained-glass greens, and a hint of granite sits comfortably in Mountain-modern, Cabin-modern, and Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms. It does the most work as a single piece on a clean wall above a wood console or a leather chair.

Yes. Alpine-modern continues to lean on jewel-tone glass-and-stone palettes alongside warm woods, and the stained-glass treatment carries that signal without going literal. It pairs cleanly with oak, walnut, and brushed brass.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard console. A 4-tile Mural fills the wall above a sofa; a 9-tile Mural anchors a larger living-room wall. For a desk or shelf, the Keepsake or Small sits well in a stand.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes resist scratching and humidity, so the tile installs cleanly into a backsplash or a shower surround. The Glossy finish stays in dry rooms — living, bedroom, office.

Microfibre cloth and water. The colour lives in the surface, so household cleaners will not lift it, and solvents are unnecessary. For grout work after a kitchen install, a soft brush keeps the joins clean.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made by Reid Wender in our Knoxville studio. We license nothing in and nothing out. The same eye runs the whole catalog, from peak to plate.