Wender·Vista
Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
high in the White Mountains, above treeline

Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter

— — a white shape moving through white.

— 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

“The snowshoe hare goes white for winter on the upper slopes of Mount Washington. Its coat shifts with the daylight, not the snow, so an early thaw can leave it bright against a brown ridge. Above the krummholz the wind keeps moving the cover, and the tracks erase before they finish. — from the studio

from the studio
Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter
— bring it home

Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter, 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 Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter

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

Mount Washington is the highest peak in the northeastern United States at 6,288 feet, rising in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in Coos County, New Hampshire. The summit is famous for extreme weather, including a long-standing surface wind record of 231 miles per hour set at the Mount Washington Observatory in April 1934. Above roughly 4,800 feet the forest thins into krummholz and open alpine zone, the southernmost true alpine habitat in the eastern United States.

— the season

The snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, turns white in late autumn and brown again in spring. The molt is triggered by day length, not snow cover, so a warm November or an early March can leave the hare visible to lynx, fisher, and great horned owl. On Mount Washington the snowpack typically holds into May above 4,000 feet, which keeps the timing closer to a match than at lower New England elevations.

— the air

The summit averages 101 inches of precipitation a year and sees fog on roughly 300 days. Winter temperatures on the cone routinely fall below minus 30 Fahrenheit with wind chills past minus 80. The Cog Railway, opened in 1869, still climbs the western flank, and the Auto Road, completed in 1861, closes to private cars from late October through early May. The hare lives below all of that, in the cover where the spruce and fir give out.

— where
United States · Coos County, New Hampshire
— within
White Mountain National Forest
— elevation
1,917 m · 6,288 ft
— position
44.2705° N · 71.3033° W
— 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 SE
Tuckerman Ravine
glacial cirque
6 km E
Pinkham Notch
mountain pass
8 km N
Mount Adams
peak
14 km SW
Crawford Notch
state park
N
Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter
Tuckerman Ravine
Pinkham Notch
Mount Adams
Crawford Notch
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Snowshoe hare on Mount Washington in winter — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

They live in the spruce-fir cover below the alpine zone, roughly between 2,500 and 4,500 feet, where dense softwoods give them browse and concealment year-round.

The white winter coat is triggered by shortening daylight, not snowfall. It camouflages the hare against snow and is shed for a brown coat as days lengthen in spring.

Summit temperatures routinely fall below minus 30 Fahrenheit, with wind chills past minus 80. The observatory recorded a 231 mph wind in April 1934, a long-standing surface record.

The Auto Road and Cog Railway are closed to general traffic from late October through early May. Winter access is on foot, with avalanche, wind, and cold rated among the most serious in the Northeast.

Canada lynx, bobcat, fisher, red fox, marten, and great horned owl take snowshoe hare on the mountain. Hare numbers cycle on roughly a ten-year pattern across the boreal range.

Adults weigh about three to four pounds and run 16 to 20 inches long. Their oversized hind feet spread weight on soft snow, which is the trait the common name records.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for someone who knows the Presidentials. A Small for a desk or shelf, or a Medium for a hallway, lands the mountain without taking over the room.

It sits well with Mountain-modern, cabin-warm, and quiet Scandinavian rooms. The cool whites and slate of the piece pair with raw wood, wool, and unpolished stone.

Yes. The current alpine-modern direction favors winter-palette art over antlered taxidermy. A Large above a console reads contemporary while still belonging to the mountain.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural holds the wall. For a long console, a nine-tile Mural carries the scale without crowding.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation in humid rooms and around splash zones.

A soft microfibre cloth with water. No solvents, no abrasives. The color is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the image will not lift.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in-house by Wender Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed, syndicated, or sold through third parties.

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