Wender·Vista
Cannon Cliff Franconia
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
in Franconia Notch, the granite face west of the parkway

Cannon Cliff Franconia

— — the mountain that lost its profile.

— 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

“A thousand feet of granite on the east face of Cannon Mountain, rising straight from the floor of Franconia Notch. The Old Man of the Mountain held his profile here until the morning of May 3, 2003, when the granite let go. The cliff is the largest open rock face in the eastern United States. Climbers come for the long lines; everyone else looks up. From the studio.

from the studio
Cannon Cliff Franconia
— bring it home

Cannon Cliff Franconia, 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 Cannon Cliff Franconia

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

Cannon Cliff is the east face of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch State Park, north-central New Hampshire. The cliff rises about one thousand feet above Profile Lake and the Franconia Notch Parkway, the section of Interstate 93 that threads the notch. It is widely cited as the largest open cliff face in the eastern United States. Cannon Mountain itself summits at 4,080 feet, served by the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway out of the notch floor. The cliff lies within the larger White Mountain region of New Hampshire.

— the stone

The cliff is Conway granite, a coarse pink-grey rock cut by long vertical seams. Rockfall is constant; the wall has shed major sections in 1997, 2003, and 2010. The Old Man of the Mountain, a five-ledge profile high on the cliff, collapsed during the night of May 2-3, 2003 after centuries of frost wedging worked the anchoring seams loose. The largest single block in the 1997 release measured roughly 100 by 200 feet. Climbers treat the wall as the most serious alpine face in the eastern range.

— the visit

Cannon Cliff is viewed from the Franconia Notch Parkway, from Profile Lake, and from the Old Man of the Mountain Profiler Plaza on the lake's east shore. The plaza opened in 2011 with sight-line steel rods that reconstruct the lost profile when the visitor stands on marked stones. The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway carries visitors to the summit in eight minutes for an admission fee. Franconia Notch State Park is open year-round; the tramway runs daily from late May through October.

— where
United States · Franconia, Grafton County, New Hampshire
— within
Franconia Notch State Park
— elevation
1,243 m · 4,080 ft
— 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.
at the lake
Profile Lake
lake
3 km E
Mount Lafayette
mountain
8 km S
The Flume Gorge
gorge
N
Cannon Cliff Franconia
Profile Lake
Mount Lafayette
The Flume Gorge
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Cannon Cliff Franconia — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the east face of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch State Park, north-central New Hampshire. The cliff rises about a thousand feet directly above Profile Lake and Interstate 93 as the parkway threads the notch.

The cliff face stands roughly 1,000 feet vertically and is widely cited as the largest open rock face in the eastern United States. Cannon Mountain itself summits at 4,080 feet above sea level.

The five-ledge granite profile collapsed during the night of May 2-3, 2003 after centuries of frost wedging weakened its anchoring seams. The state opened a Profiler Plaza in 2011 that reconstructs the silhouette with sight-line steel rods.

The cliff is Conway granite cut by long vertical fractures. Water enters the seams, freezes, and pries the rock outward. Major rockfall events have been recorded in 1997, 2003, and 2010 alongside constant smaller releases.

Yes. Cannon Cliff carries the longest and most serious alpine rock and ice routes in the eastern United States. Standard classics include the Whitney-Gilman Ridge, first climbed in 1929 by Bradley Gilman and Hassler Whitney.

From Interstate 93 in Franconia Notch State Park, take the Old Man of the Mountain Viewing exit. The Profiler Plaza sits on the east shore of Profile Lake. The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway operates from the notch floor nearby.

— about the piece in your home

The Old Man rides on the New Hampshire state quarter and on every state route sign. Cannon Cliff carries the lost profile. A Small or Medium reads as a quiet keepsake for anyone who remembers him.

Mountain-modern, North-Country farmhouse, and stone-and-timber lodge interiors carry the piece well. The Conway granite greys and pinks read against warm oak, walnut, and dark slate.

Yes. Alpine-modern leans on rock-face textures, hand-finished surfaces, and northern mountain palettes. A cliff face in the studio's stained-glass colour sits naturally with that material vocabulary.

A single Large reads cleanly above a console. Above a sofa, a 4-tile Mural carries the full cliff height; a 9-tile Mural opens the notch across a longer wall.

Yes. Dura Satin or Matte hold up in splash zones and showers. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and does not lift in steam.

Microfibre cloth and clean water. No abrasive pads, no ammonia, no solvent cleaners. The thin glossy finish wipes clean and needs no polish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in-house in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We do not license images and the work appears nowhere else.

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